CHAPTER 8

Post Installation Configurations




After you have installed SunTM Internet Mail ServerTM 4.0, you need to configure the Netscape browser that you will be using to run the SIMS Administration Console. You may also need to further configure your server if you have selected the Sun Web Access optional feature.

Topics in this chapter include:

Netscape browser configuration
Preparing configuration file for mail users only


Netscape Browser Configuration

If you are using the Netscape browser to start the SIMS Administration Console, you need to configure the preferences file as shown below.


 

To specify the security level for Netscape browser

  1. Close all Netscape browser windows.
  2. Change the directory.

% cd ~/.netscape

  3. Edit the preferences.js file.
  4. Add the following statement to the preferences.js file.

user_pref("signed.applets.codebase_principal_support",true);

  5. Save the file.
  6. Start the Netscape browser and then the SIMS Administration Console.
  See Chapter 9, "Post Installation Tasks" for instructions on how to start the SIMS Administration Console.
  If you are installing the console from the SIMS CD on Windows 95 or Windows NT, the security is automatically set in the properties file.

If you are running the console from Windows 95 or Windows NT, then the Netscape Browser is installed in the directory.netscape


Preparing the Configuration Files for
Mail Users Only

If you selected the Sun Web Access optional feature during the installation, the imldifsync.groups.conf and imldifsync.users.conf configuration files will contain entries that supports both Calendar users and SIMS mail users. If, however, you wish to populate the directory for the mail users only, you need to remove the Web Access entries from the imldifsync.groups.conf and imldifsync.users.conf files. The steps are shown below:


 

To populate the directory for mail users only

  1. Login as root.

% su
Password: <Enter your root password>

  2. Edit the configuration files.

# /usr/bin/vi /etc/opt/SUNmail/dir_svc/imldifsync.groups.conf
# /usr/bin/vi /etc/opt/SUNmail/dir_svc/imldifsync.users.conf

  3. Find the following line in these configuration files.

option = {"generate=SIMSmail", "generate=IMCalendar"}

  4. Remove the following statement from this line.

"generate=IMCalendar"

  5. The result will look like the following.

option = {"generate=SIMSmail"}

  6. Save your changes and exit the editor.

You may now use these modified files fimldifsync.groups.conf and imldifsync.users.conf to populate the directory for mail users only. See Chapter 9, "Sun Directory Services Administration" in the Sun Internet Mail Server 4.0 Administrator's Guide for detailed instructions on populating the directory.




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