Sun Java System Portal Server Mobile Access 7 Administration Guide |
About This Guide
This guide explains how to manage the administration functions of Sun Java System Portal Server Mobile Access (formerly known as Sun ONE Portal Server, Mobile Access) software. This chapter includes the following sections:
Who Should Use This BookYou should review this book if you are Portal Server administrator or system administrator responsible for managing Mobile Access software at your site.
What You Need to KnowBefore you administer Mobile Access, you must be familiar with the following concepts:
- Basic SolarisTM administration procedures
- Basic UNIX� administration procedures
- LDAP (lightweight directory access protocol)
- Markup languages used to create portal content appropriate for mobile and voice environments, such as HTML, cHTML, and VoiceXML
- Solaris 8 Operating System (SPARC� Platform Edition) or Solaris 9 Operating System (SPARC� Platform Edition) or Solaris Operating System (x86 Platform Edition)
- Sun JavaTM System Directory Server (formerly Sun ONE Directory Server)
- Sun JavaTM System Access Manager (formerly Sun ONE Identity Server, and Sun Java System Identity Server)
- Sun JavaTM System Portal Server 7
- Sun JavaTM System Portal Server Secure Remote Access 7
Depending on the Web container that you are using, you should be familiar with one or more of the following:
How This Book Is OrganizedThis book contains the following chapters and appendixes:
- Chapter 1, "Overview," describes the key features of the Mobile Access software, as well as Mobile Access functions and Portal Server desktop, the primary end user interface.
- Chapter 2, "Managing Mobile Devices," provides information about identifying and managing mobile devices, managing the client database, and using Sun Java System Access Manager client detection interface to manage client type data.
- Chapter 3, "Configuring Mobile Authentication," describes authentication modules that can be useful to portal sites offering mobile access.
- Chapter 4, "Managing the Mobile Portal Desktop," provides an overview of the wireless desktop dispatcher and the mobile Portal desktop properties.
- Chapter 5, "Configuring Mobile Applications," provides an overview on how you can manage the application preferences
- Chapter 6, "Configuring Voice Access," explains Mobile Access software’s support for voice access to portal sites.
A glossary and an index are also provided.
Conventions Used in This BookThe guide uses typographical conventions to represent types of information presented.
Monospaced Font
Monospaced font is used for any text that appears on the computer screen or text that you should type. It is also used for file names, distinguished names, functions, and examples.
Bold Monospaced Font
Bold monospaced font is used to represent text within a code example that you should type. For example, you might see something like this:
./pssetup
*******************************************************************
Sun Java System Portal Server
*******************************************************************
Installation log at
/var/sadm/install/logs/ipsinstall.13343/install.log
This product will run without a license. However, you must either purchase a Binary Code License from, or accept the terms of a Binary Software Evaluation license with, Sun Microsystems, to legally use this product.
Do you accept? yes/[no]
In this example, ./pssetup is what you would type from the command line. The rest is what would appear as a result.
Italicized Font
An italicized font is used to represent text that you enter using information that is unique to your installation (for example, variables). It is used for server paths and names and account IDs.
Square or Straight Brackets
Square (or straight) brackets [] are used to enclose optional parameters. For example, in Portal Server software documentation, you will see the usage for the dpadmin command described as follows:
dpadmin list|modify|add|remove [command-specific options]
The presence of [command-specific] indicates that optional parameters can be added to the dpadmin command.
Command-Line Prompts
Command-line prompts (for example, % for a C-Shell, or $ for a Korn or Bourne shell) are not displayed in examples. Depending on which operating system environment you are using, you will see a variety of different command-line prompts. However, you should enter the command as it appears in the document unless specifically noted otherwise.
Related DocumentationThe http://docs.sun.comSM web site enables you to access Sun technical documentation online. You can browse the archive or search for a specific book title or subject.
Books in This Documentation Set
The following table summarizes the books included in the Portal Server Mobile Access core documentation set.
Other Portal Server Documentation
Other Portal Server books include:
- Sun Java System Portal Server 7 Deployment Planning Guide
- Sun Java System Portal Server 7 Desktop Customization Guide
- Sun Java System Portal Server 7 Developer's Guide
- Sun Java System Portal Server 7 Administration Guide
- Sun Java System Portal Server 7 Secure Remote Access Administration Guide
- Sun Java System Portal Server 7 Technical Reference Guide
- Sun Java System Portal Server 7 Installation Guide
- Sun Java System Portal Server 7 Command Line Reference
Use the following URL to view all the Sun Java System Portal Server 7.0 documentation:
http://docs.sun.com/coll/1303.1
Accessing Sun Resources OnlineFor product downloads, professional services, patches and support, and additional developer information, go to the following:
- Download Center
http://wwws.sun.com/software/download/- Professional Services
http://www.sun.com/service/sunps/sunone/index.html- Sun Enterprise Services, Solaris Patches, and Support
http://sunsolve.sun.com/- Developer Information
http://developers.sun.com/prodtech/index.html
Contacting Sun Technical SupportIf you have technical questions about this product that are not answered in the product documentation, go to http://www.sun.com/service/contacting.
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