D    Netscape Communicator and Netscape FastTrack Server

This appendix contains information about how to install and configure Netscape Communicator and Netscape FastTrack Server.


D.1    Netscape Communicator

This release of DIGITAL UNIX contains Version 4.05 of the Netscape Communicator. Netscape Communicator integrates the Netscape Navigator World Wide Web browser with Netscape's Messenger Mailbox, Collabra Discussions, and Page Composer components. The application can be invoked through its CDE desktop icon, which is located in the CDE Application Manager's Desktop_Apps folder. Netscape Communicator can also be invoked directly from the command line by running /usr/bin/X11/netscape. Detailed help on Netscape Communicator can be accessed through the application's help menus.

A sample resource defaults file for Netscape Communicator can be found at /usr/doc/netscape/Netscape.ad. Comments within this file indicate possible settings for each resource. It is not necessary to install this file. It is provided for informational purposes.

The file /usr/bin/X11/netscape is actually a shell script that performs the following actions:

The DIGITAL UNIX Installation Guide contains more information about how to set up Netscape. See Chapter 6, which covers postinstallation setup tasks.


D.2    Netscape FastTrack Server

This release of DIGITAL UNIX contains Version 3.01 of the Netscape FastTrack Server, an easy-to-use entry-level Web server designed to let you create and manage a Web site.

The Netscape FastTrack Server is provided in the DIGITAL UNIX OSFNETSCAPEFASTTRACK301 subset on the DIGITAL UNIX 4.0E Associated Products, Volume 1 CD-ROM. To install FastTrack on your system, perform the following steps:

  1. Log in to the root account on your system.

  2. Use the /usr/sbin/setld software subset management utility to install the OSFNETSCAPEFASTTRACK301 subset. This will install the FastTrack server in the /usr/opt/netscape/suitespot directory.

  3. Change your directory to the FastTrack kit directory:

    cd /usr/opt/netscape/suitespot

  4. Read the readme.txt file:

    more readme.txt

    This file contains information from Netscape about the FastTrack kit. Because you have installed FastTrack from the OSFNETSCAPEFASTTRACK301 subset and not from a CD-ROM that Netscape ships, you can ignore steps 1-5 of the installation instructions, which pertain to installing from the Netscape CD-ROM.

  5. Begin the configuration by running the ns-setup program and following the instructions in the readme.txt file:

    ./ns-setup

    The installation program will query you for several pieces of information and then configure the FastTrack server.

The installation of FastTrack Version 3.01 will not update FastTrack Version 2.01 servers installed on your system. If you have an existing FastTrack 2.01 server installed on your system and wish to upgrade it to version 3.01, use the following process:

  1. Install FastTrack 3.01 as described in the previous steps.

  2. Access the FastTrack 3.01 administration server as directed by the installation program.

  3. Click on the Migrate option from the initial administration server screen. This option will allow you to migrate existing FastTrack 2.01 server instances to FastTrack 3.01.