Sun Microsystems 2500 manual Apache Server, Getting Started With Gnome

Getting Started With GNOME

With the Solaris 9 Operating System, you can choose GNOME as your desktop environment. Follow the instructions below to use GNOME.

1.Log out of your CDE session.

2.At the login window, select the Options menu.

3.Select the Sessions submenu.

4.Select GNOME from the menu.

5.Log in to your system.

Apache Server

Apache Server is an open-source web server. Apache Server is a secure, efficient, and expandable server that provides services that comply with the current HTTP standards.

Getting Started With Apache Server

To activate the web server on your workstation, follow the steps below:

1.Become superuser (root) by typing su and your superuser password.

2.Copy the example configuration file httpd.conf-exampleto httpd.conf by typing the following:

cp /etc/apache/httpd.conf-example /etc/apache/httpd.conf

3.Edit the configuration file to customize it for your workstation.

For example, you should set the HTML directory for your workstation.

For more information, refer to the online Apache User’s Guide by clicking the Documentation link on the following web site:

http://www.apache.org/httpd.html

4.Start the web server daemon by typing the following:

/etc/rc3.d/S50apache start

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