Release Notes
Chapter 2, Read this after installation

Internet Services software configuration

Internet Services software configuration



Software notes and limitations

Do not modify Netscape server options
The following options should not be modified by the Netscape server configuration managers:

FTP file permissions
The default file permissions on files transferred to an SCO OpenServer system using FTP are 644 (world readable) so that users can transfer WWW publishing files with FTP.

To change the default file permissions back to the standard UNIX default permissions of 640, edit the /etc/inetd.conf file and remove the -u 022 argument from the following line:

   ftp     stream  tcp     nowait  root    /etc/ftpd    ftpd -u 022

Dynamically assigned IP addresses and web servers
Configuring web servers bound to dynamically assigned local IP addresses (for example, using dynamic PPP) is not recommended and is unsupported.


Configuring Internet Services

To configure your Internet Services:

  1. As root, start the Internet Manager:

  2. In the ``User ID'' field, enter admin. In the ``Password'' field, enter the root user's password.


    NOTE: If you defer setting the root password during the initial installation procedure, the admin user's password is set to <Enter>.

  3. Follow the instructions on each screen, and complete the information fields.


Providing access to unlisted packet filter services

To provide access to a service not listed in the packet filter, open the TCP ports 1024-5999 and 6006-65535. To do this:

  1. Start the SCO Internet Manager.

  2. Press the Security button.

  3. Press the Control INTERFACE Data Flow button.

  4. Select the World Wide Web subsystem and press OK.

  5. For each interface you are opening access to (most people will perform these steps for the net0 interface only):

    1. Select that interface to configure and press OK.

    2. Set the Inbound ``nonStandard'' option to ``true'' to allow access to an otherwise unlisted service.

    3. Set the outbound ``nonStandard'' to ``true'' to allow an otherwise unlisted service access to the Internet.

    4. Press the OK button.