iPlanet Portal Server Administration Guide: Preface

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iPlanet Portal Server Administration Guide

Preface

iPlanet^TM Portal Server 3.0 enables remote users to securely access their organization's network and its services over the Internet. Additionally, it gives your organization a secure Internet portal, providing access to content, applications, and data to any targeted audience—employees, business partners, or the general public.
iPlanet Portal Server runs on the Solaris^TM 2.6, 2.7 and 8.0 Operating environment. This Administration Guide contains instructions for configuring and administering iPlanet Portal Server.

Who Should Use This Book

This guide assumes that you are network or system administrator experienced in managing UNIX systems and TCP/IP networks. You are responsible for administering iPlanet Portal Server at the global platform or individual domain level. If you are responsible for the iPlanet Portal Server global platform, you must have root access and full file permissions to configure machines, users, and applications that will comprise the platform. If you are responsible for a single iPlanet Portal Server domain, you do not need root permission for the machines comprising the platform.

How This Manual Is Organized

The Administration Guide is divided into the following chapters and appendixes:
Chapter 1 introduces the iPlanet Portal Server and describes the role tree.
Chapter 2 describes how to create portals.
Chapter 3 explains how to configure the user desktop.
Chapter 4 introduces the Membership Module.
Chapter 5 presents information about Policies of user access.
Chapter 6 presents all the other authentication methods.
Chapter 7 describes how to configure the Netlet.
Chapter 8 describes how to configure the Gateway.
Chapter 9 describes how to add Gateways and Servers.
Chapter 10 presents Data Logging.
Chapter 11 discusses maintenance, backup and restore, as well as troubleshooting.

Related Books

Other documents in iPlanet Portal Server documentation set are:

iPlanet Portal Server 3.0 Installation Guide

iPlanet Portal Server 3.0 Programer's Reference Guide

Accessing Sun Documentation Online

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Typographic Conventions

The following table describes the typographic changes used in this book.

Typeface or Symbol

Meaning

Example

AaBbCc123

The names of commands, files, and directories; on-screen computer output

Edit your .login file.
Use ls -a to list all files.
machine_name% You have mail.

AaBbCc123

What you type, contrasted with on-screen computer output

machine_name% su
Password:

AaBbCc123

Command-line placeholder:
replace with a real name or value

To delete a file, type rm filename.

AaBbCc123

Book titles, new words or terms, or words to be emphasized

Read Chapter 6 in User's Guide. These are called class options.
You must be root to do this.

Shell Prompts in Command Examples

The following table shows the default system prompt and superuser prompt for the C shell, Bourne shell, and Korn shell.

Shell

Prompt

C shell prompt

machine_name%

C shell superuser prompt

machine_name#

Bourne shell and Korn shell prompt

$

Bourne shell and Korn shell superuser prompt

#

Typeface or Symbol	Meaning	Example
AaBbCc123	The names of commands, files, and directories; on-screen computer output	Edit your .login file. Use ls -a to list all files. machine_name% You have mail.
AaBbCc123	What you type, contrasted with on-screen computer output	machine_name% su Password:
AaBbCc123	Command-line placeholder: replace with a real name or value	To delete a file, type rm filename.
AaBbCc123	Book titles, new words or terms, or words to be emphasized	Read Chapter 6 in User's Guide. These are called class options. You must be root to do this.

Shell	Prompt
C shell prompt	machine_name%
C shell superuser prompt	machine_name#
Bourne shell and Korn shell prompt	$
Bourne shell and Korn shell superuser prompt	#

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