User`s guide

Installing iPlanet Web Server for Linux
44 Installation and Migration Guide
Logging In as the Correct User
Before you install the server, you must log in as root, unless you meet both of
these conditions:
• You plan to install the server on a port greater than 1024.
• The location where you plan to install the server (the server root directory)
is writable with your non-root login.
If you meet both conditions, you do not need to log in as root to install the
server; instead log in as the user account that the Administration Server will use.
However, you may still prefer to log in as root, even though you meet the
conditions.
Warning You must log in as root if you are planning to use express installation.
Unpacking the Files
To get the iPlanet Web Server files and unpack them, follow these steps:
Installing from a CD-ROM
1. Put the CD-ROM in the drive.
2. Change to the iPlanet Web Server CD in the CD-ROM directory.
3. Change to the linux directory on the CD-ROM.
4. Type cd entprise to change to the installation directory.
5. Copy the entprise.tar file from the CD-ROM directory to your home
directory or a temporary directory.
Note Untarring the file will cause the permissions of the destination directory to
be modified so that applications can no longer write files to it. To avoid this
problem, untar the file in a directory where you can modify the
permissions. For example, instead of /tmp, use a subdirectory under /tmp,
for example, /tmp/iwsinstall.
Copying the file may take a little time.