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This software is intended to replace all prior versions of Netscape Servers for NetWare including the FastTrack Server for NetWare.
NetscapeŽ Enterprise Server for NetWareŽ Update
April 28 1999
This document lists the patch fixes and changes contained in this 04/28/1999 update of Netscape Enterprise Server for NetWare. The release will install directly onto any existing copy of Netscape FastTrack or Enterprise Server for NetWare. Note that this file does not replace the product README - it merely provides supplemental information on what has been issues have been fixed, and which features have been added.
1.0 Installation Notes
NetWare 4.11 Users
Users must install Service Pack 6 before installing this patch update. Failure to do so will prevent the web server from loading (function NWUSunicodetobyte not found error).
NetWare 5 Users
Users are strongly encouraged to install Service Pack 1 before installation of this patch update.
2.0 New Features
/PUBLIC/ Directory Support when using NDS
When using NDS authentication, an option has been added to not perform access control checks if the file exists in a directory named /public/ (or one of its subdirectories). This
facilitates the creation of a web site where the index page, images and majority of content can be accessed by anyone - however the sensitive documents can be protected by NDS
access control. A person browsing to such a site will not be prompted to log in until they request a URL from the non-public area.
To set up the feature, merely create a directory called /public/ in your /novonyx/suitespot/docs subdirectory, and turn on NDS access control in the administration server. Observe that
documents in the /public/ subdirectory are no longer password protected. It is now very easy to set up NDS protection for your confidential documents without having to sacrifice
useability of non-confidential data.
In order to take full advantage of this new feature, consider making your index page to be a public page - so that folks browsing your web site will not be prompted for a password
initially. To do this, build your new web server home page within the /public/ directory. Using the administration server, goto "Document Preferences" under the "Content Management"
tab and specify the location and name of your new default home page.
3.0 Patch Fixes since October 1998
Web Server
Several fixes for low memory conditions
Removed a condition where the web server would enter the kernel debugger
Perform an additional open and close when the file does not exist. Otherwise, the file will not be shareable until it is closed and reopened.
Added code to abort request if the server runs out of memory when retrieving a directory listing
Added code to allow rotating access logs that exist on a volume other than SYS
Fixed crontab load command path to not be truncated to 8 chars for directory names for NW5 (228432)
Opendir fails when attempting to list an empty directory. Fixed by calling opendir with '.' after a failure with '*.*'. (189673)
Added support for translation from code page 850 to code page 1252.
The DNS option was not being observed correctly
Fixed memory leak releated to DNS logging (222509)
Handle case of too many files in a directory listing
Rotate Logs On Volumes Other Than SYS (224852/228320)
Fixed "not found" error accessing empty subdirectories (189673)
TCP/IP
Allow for asynchronous cleanup
Added TCPTimeWait option to magnus.conf for browsers that are sensitive to connection resets
Fixed problem with socket clean-up, causing an abend after NLM is unloaded.
Administration Server
Added extra help when binding IP addresses
Fixed potential ABEND if an invalid header is sent from a cgi.
Fixed semaphore problems related to Netware 5 service pack 1
Allow ip address in addition to host name when clustering servers
Fixed abends due to improper handling of memory in Web Publishing
Access Logs can now be viewed imediately after rotating
Garbage on the end of urls no longer have the potential to abend the server
NDS Integration
Added code to look for continuation lines in a dn when adding a suffix to an LDIF file on an export
Added support for anonymous login
Check for aliases and modify the dn if an alias is found
JavaScript
SendMail object was incorrectly failing on creation of socket
LCGI Applications
Fix up long name space if a cgi changes it
Fix up default volume if a cgi chages it
Handle the case where cgi sends back nothing
Added code to check if DNS is on when setting cgi environment
variable REMOTE_HOST
Implemented functionality for CgiChainRequest
Better end of header checking
Fix up status on cgi that does relocation
Perl 5.0
Perl scripts can now send cookies and do relocation
Fixed Guestbook sample perl script (233065)
Search
Invalid pointer was being freed in functions Dump and OutputListToForm.
Search was abending when server was configured to avoid indexing of some file types
New version of Quick Finder supports indexing of Office97 documents
Fixed problem where only the first collection is searchable unless the label name and collection name are exactly the same. (228926)
SSL
Fix for hang in pcontrol.nlm
Added code to check for -KEY.DB as well as -key.db (228070)
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