Preface

The Sun^TM Web Access System Administrator's Guide describes the core system administration tasks for the Sun Web Access software on Solaris^TM SPARC systems and Intel Pentium platforms.

Who Should Use This Book

This book is intended for two audiences:

Highly technical network administrators who are experienced in working with Solaris^TM systems and who manage a network comprised of Sun^TM workstations, personal computers (PCs), Macintoshes, or IBM mainframes that share resources. This network administrator has previous experience planning, installing, configuring, maintaining, and troubleshooting an enterprise email system.

Moderately technical network administrators with some Solaris experience who manage a network that includes Sun workstations, PCs, and Macintoshes that share resources. This network administrator may not have previous experience planning, installing, configuring, maintaining, and troubleshooting an email system.

How This Book Is Organized

Chapter 1, "Overview of Web Access," is an overview of the Web Access product and its features..

Chapter 2, "Web Access Installation," outlines installation information, and describes what is installed with Web Access..

Chapter 3, "Configuration Settings," describes how to configure Web Access for use on your system..

Chapter 4, "Performing System Back Ups," outlines what files need to be backed up for Web Access, along with procedures for backing up and restoring files.

Chapter 5, "Web Access Troubleshooting," contains troubleshooting information.

Chapter 6, "Web Access Architectural Diagrams," displays the architectural layout of Web Access, and how it integrates with other components.

Related Information

The following books are related to Sun Web Access. Included in this documentation set are:

Sun Internet Mail Server 4 Concepts Guide - Provides a conceptual understanding of the SIMS product. By understanding how SIMS works on a conceptual level, readers will more easily understand the administrative tasks described in the SIMS System Administration Guide and SIMS Reference Manual.

Sun Internet Mail Server 4 Provisioning Guide - Describes how to provision the SIMS LDAP directory with users, distribution lists, administrators, and domains by creating and importing LDIF records.

Sun Internet Mail Server 4 Installation Guide - Describes the planning and installation procedures for the Sun Internet Mail Server (SIMS) 3.5 software on Solaris SPARC and Intel-based x86 systems. In particular, it describes the installation of the software using the Graphical User Interface (GUI).

Sun Internet Mail Server 4 Delegated Management Guide - Describes the SIMS Delegated Management Console and the tasks associated with the console. In particular, it describes how a delegated administrator for a hosted domain performs tasks on users and distribution lists.

Reference manual pages (man pages) - Describe command-line utilities and detailed information about the arguments and attributes relevant to each command.

Sun Internet Mail Server 4 Reference Manual--provides detailed information on command-line options, administrator's configurable files, system architecture, supported standards, and locations of software files.

Sun Internet Mail Server 4 Release Notes - Covers open issues and late-breaking installation, administration, and reference information that is not published in the product books.

Sun Web Access Web site (located at http://www.sun.com/sims) offers up-to-date information on a variety of topics, including: online product documentation and late-breaking updates, product information, technical white papers, press coverage, and customer success stories.

What Typographic Changes Mean

Table P-1 describes the typographic changes used in this book.TABLE P-1 Typographic Changes in Text Typeface or Symbol Meaning Example AaBbCc123 The names of commands, files, and directories; on-screen computer output is printed using courier font. 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 is printed using bold courier font. 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 are printed using italic text. Read Chapter 6 in User's Guide. These are called class options. You must be root to do this.

**TABLE P-1** Typographic Changes in Text
Typeface or Symbol	Meaning	Example
`AaBbCc123`	The names of commands, files, and directories; on-screen computer output is printed using courier font.	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 is printed using bold courier font.	`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 are printed using italic text.	Read Chapter 6 in User's Guide. These are called class options. You must be root to do this.

Shell Prompts in Command Examples

Table P-2 shows the default system and superuser prompts for the C, Bourne, and Korn shells.TABLE P-2 Shell Prompts in Command Examples Shell Prompt C shell user prompt machine_name% C shell superuser (root) prompt machine_name# Bourne shell and Korn shell user prompt $ Bourne shell and Korn shell superuser (root) prompt #

**TABLE P-2** Shell Prompts in Command Examples
Shell	Prompt
C shell user prompt	`machine_name%`
C shell superuser (root) prompt	`machine_name#`
Bourne shell and Korn shell user prompt	`$`
Bourne shell and Korn shell superuser (root) prompt	`#`

Note - Although the majority of commands can be run without special superuser permissions, some commands can be performed only as root. These commands include: imta dirsync, imta start, imta stop, and imta restart. Other commands that require root privileges are noted within the document.

Notice

To better illustrate the process being discussed, SIMS manuals contain examples of data that might be used in daily business operations. The examples might include names of individuals, companies, brands, and products. SIMS manuals use only fictitious names, and any similarity to the names of individuals, companies, brands, and products used by any business enterprise is purely coincidental.