Index

#, magnus.conf comments
The magnus.conf File

&, in HTML
Special Characters

*, in wildcards
Examples of Wildcard Usage

", in HTML
Special Characters

$, in wildcards
Examples of Wildcard Usage

?, in wildcards
Examples of Wildcard Usage

^, in wildcards
Examples of Wildcard Usage

A tag (HTML)
Types of Tags

access
logging
AddLog

access control
Access Control
choosing what to protect
What to Protect
hostnames and
Restricting by Hostname and IP Address
IP addresses and
Restricting by Hostname and IP Address
resources and
Access Control
user databases and
User Databases

AddLog directive
obj.conf
AddLog

addresses
defined
Understanding URLs

administration forms
starting
Using the Server Manager

Administration Manager
Using the Server Manager
URL for
Starting the Server Manager

Administration password
The admpw File

administration server
configuring
Configuring the Administration Server
restricting access to
Configuring the Administration Server
security and
Limit Administration

admpw file
The admpw File

auth-type function
AuthTrans

authentication
Secure Server Document Root and Logging
Activating Security and Specifying Ciphers
defined
How Security Works: SSL

authentication user name
Change the Authentication User Name

AuthTrans directive
obj.conf
AuthTrans

B tag (HTML)
Types of Tags

basic-ncsa function
AuthTrans

BODY tag (HTML)
Types of Tags

BR tag (HTML)
Types of Tags

buttons
figure of
Using the Server Manager
top of forms
Using the Server Manager

cache
defined
Glossary

case-sensitivity, HTML tags and
Tag Syntax

CERN
Glossary

certificate
Installing Security
defined
What Is a Certificate?

Certificate Authorities
defined
What Is a Certificate?
The Certification Authority

certificate authority
Installing Security

certificate request, information needed
The Certification Authority

CGI
programs
The obj.conf File
templates and
The obj.conf File

CGI Object
obj.conf and
CGI Object

changing the server's location
Changing the Server's Location

changing the server's user account
Changing the Server's User Account

character references (HTML)
Special Characters

CHROOT
Unprotected Server Document Root
directive
Chroot

ciphers
specifying
Activating Security and Specifying Ciphers

circle, imagemaps
Specifying Regions

client applications
HTTP servers and
What Is an HTTP Server?

clients
accessing the server
Server Port Number
servers and
data routing diagram
What Is an HTTP Server?

CNAME
DNS and
Create an Alias for the Server

CODE tag (HTML)
Types of Tags

com domain, defined
Understanding URLs

comment lines
mangus.conf and
The magnus.conf File

common logfile format
Glossary

configuration
URL for
Starting the Server Manager

configuration files
Server Configuration Files

configuration forms
Using the Server Manager

controlling access to the server
Access Control
User Databases

converting NCSA user databases
Converting an NCSA or Text File to a User Database

cryptography
Additional Reading

data integrity
defined
How Security Works: SSL

date routing
diagram of
What Is an HTTP Server?

default object
obj.conf
The Default Object

default, imagemaps
Specifying Regions

defaults
file types
Default MIME Type

digital signature
What Is a Certificate?
Authentication

directive
defined
The magnus.conf File

directive syntax
Directive Syntax

directives
files
Writing a Dynamic Configuration File
magnus.conf
Directives in magnus.conf

directories
listing files in
Directory Indexing
mapping URLs to
Map a URL to a Local Directory
moving the server
Changing the Server's Location
moving to another server
Map a URL to Another Server
protecting access to
What to Protect

directory indexing
Directory Indexing

DNS
defined
Glossary

DNS alias
Glossary

document root
Unprotected Server Document Root
Unprotected Server Document Root
configuring
Document Root
security and
Secure Server Document Root and Logging

documents
file typing
ObjectType
HTML tags
What is HTML?

Domain Name Service
Domain Name Service

Domain Name System, using with server
Make Sure DNS Is Up and Running

domain name, server
Server Name

domain names
defined
Understanding URLs
examples of
Understanding URLs

dynamic configuration
Dynamic Configuration
files for
Writing a Dynamic Configuration File

edu domain, defined
Understanding URLs

EM tag (HTML)
Types of Tags

EMACS
Glossary

encryption
Secure Server Document Root and Logging
defined
How Security Works: SSL

entity references (HTML)
Special Characters

Error directive
obj.conf
Error

ErrorLog
magnus.conf directive
ErrorLog

errors
sending customized messages
Error

Expires header
defined
Glossary

features, list of
The Netscape Servers

file extension, defined
Glossary

file type, defined
Glossary

file types
ObjectType
setting default
Default MIME Type

files
forcing type of
ObjectType
mapping types of
The mime.types File
moving to another server
Map a URL to Another Server
protecting access to
What to Protect
typing
ObjectType
typing by wildcard pattern
ObjectType

Files directives
Writing a Dynamic Configuration File

GET method
Service

.GIF files:HTML and
Adding Images to HTML Documents

GIF, defined
Glossary

gov domain, defined
Understanding URLs

H1 tag (HTML)
Types of Tags

hard links, finding
PathCheck

HEAD method
Service

HEAD tag (HTML)
Types of Tags

home page
creating for server
Create a Home Page
specifying
Server Home Page

hostname
defined
Glossary
Make Sure DNS Is Up and Running

hostnames
restricting access by using
Restricting by Hostname and IP Address

HR tag (HTML)
Types of Tags

HTML
images in
Adding Images to HTML Documents
server parsed
ObjectType
source code example
HTML Tags
source, viewing
Viewing HTML Source Text
special characters in
Special Characters
tags
HTML Tags
list of
Types of Tags
tags for
What is HTML?
tools for creating
Tools for Writing HTML Documents

HTML (Hypertext Markup Language)
defined
Understanding URLs

HTML and
Special Characters

HTML tag
Types of Tags

HTML, glossary
Glossary

HTTP
defined
Glossary

HTTP (Hypertext Transport Protocol)
URLs and
Understanding URLs

HTTP servers
defined
What Is an HTTP Server?

HTTPD
defined
Glossary

https
Secure URL Construction
defined
Glossary
security and
Secure URL Construction

HUP signal
PidLog
Chroot and
Chroot

HyperText Markup Language (HTTP)
defined
What is HTML?

HyperText Transport Protocol (HTTP)
What is HTML?

I tag (HTML)
Types of Tags

icons
server internal (figure)
The mime.types File

image maps
What Are Imagemaps?

images
as links
Linking Images to Other Pages
HTML and
Adding Images to HTML Documents

IMG tag (HTML)
Types of Tags
attributes of
Elements of <IMG>

index.html, specifying
Directory Indexing

information
Internet and
Internet and Web Basics

Init
magnus.conf directive
Init

init-clf
magnus.conf directive
Init

inode
server uses
Init

installation
Installing the Server
directories created
What the Installation Process Does
errors (uid)
Create an IRIX User Account
files created
What the Installation Process Does
preparation for
Before You Install
upgrading servers
Replacing an Existing Server
what it does
What the Installation Process Does

Internet
addresses defined
Understanding URLs
data routing diagram
What Is an HTTP Server?
described
Internet and Web Basics
Internet and Web Basics
routing data
Understanding Security
figure of
Understanding Security

Internet Protocol (IP)
defined
Make Sure DNS Is Up and Running

IP address, defined
Glossary

IP addresses
access control and
Restricting by Hostname and IP Address

iponly function
AddLog

IRIX
user accounts
Create an IRIX User Account

IRIX user account
specifying
User

jails, servers in
Chroot

key pair file
generating
Generating a Key Pair File

key size
The Secure Log

LI tag (HTML)
Types of Tags

links (HTML)
images as
Linking Images to Other Pages

load-types
magnus.conf directive
Init

LoadObjects
magnus.conf directive
LoadObjects

local-types
Init

log analyzer
log files
analyzer for
AddLog

log files
AddLog
rotating
Rotating Log Files

logging
security
The Secure Log
The Secure Log

magnus.conf
Changes to the magnus.conf File
described
The magnus.conf File
directives in
Directives in magnus.conf
format of
The magnus.conf File
sample file
The magnus.conf File

mapping URLs
URL Mappings

mappings
removing
View, Edit, or Remove URL Mappings

MaxProcs
magnus.conf directive
MaxProcs

MD5, defined
Glossary

memory
processes and
Server Processes
resetting
Process Lifespan
ProcessLife
ProcessLife

methods
server and
Service

mil domain, defined
Understanding URLs

MIME
defined
Glossary

MIME type
default
Default MIME Type

MIME types
typing files
ObjectType

MIME types icons (figure)
The mime.types File

mime-types
Init

mime.types file
The mime.types File
sample of
The mime.types File

MinProcs
magnus.conf directive
MinProcs

multimedia
WWW and
Internet and Web Basics

NameTrans directive
obj.conf
NameTrans

NCSA
defined
Glossary

NCSA user databases
converting
Converting an NCSA or Text File to a User Database

net domain, defined
Understanding URLs

Netscape Navigator
viewing HTML source
Viewing HTML Source Text

Netscape Server Manager, starting
Using the Server Manager

NIS
defined
Glossary

nobody user account
Create an IRIX User Account
Changing the Server's User Account

Not Found message, access control and
What Happens When a Client is Denied?

ns-admin.conf file
Troubleshooting Installation

.nsconfig files
Dynamic Configuration

obj.conf
directives in
Directives in obj.conf
required objects in
Required Objects for obj.conf
structure of
The Structure of obj.conf

obj.conf file
described
The obj.conf File

object configuration
The obj.conf File

objects
default
specifying
RootObject
servers and
How the Server Handles Objects

ObjectType directive
obj.conf
ObjectType

OL tag (HTML)
Types of Tags

org domain, defined
Understanding URLs

overview of this manual
About This Guide?

password file
Glossary

passwords
Administration
The admpw File

PathCheck directive
obj.conf
PathCheck

pfx2dir
NameTrans

PidLog
magnus.conf directive
PidLog

point, imagemaps
Specifying Regions

poly, imagemaps
Specifying Regions

Port
magnus.conf directive
Port

port numbers
administration server and
Administrative Server Configuration
recommended
Choose Unique Port Numbers
security and
Unprotected Server Document Root
starting the server
Choose Unique Port Numbers

ports
80 (HTTP)
Server Port Number
above 1024
Server Port Number
changing
Server Port Number
clients and
Server Port Number
recommended
Server Port Number
server
Server Port Number
specifying
Port

POST method
Service

privacy
Secure Server Document Root and Logging

private key
CA and
Authentication
defined
Generating a Key Pair File
storing safely
Secure Private Keys

process load
Stopping the Server Manually

processes
maximum number of
MaxProcs
memory usage and
Server Processes
minimum number of
MinProcs
recommended number of
Server Processes
respawning
ProcessLife
server and
Server Processes

ProcessLife
magnus.conf directive
ProcessLife

public directories
configuring
Dynamic Configuration

public information directories
customizing
Customize Users' Public Information Directories

public key
What Is a Certificate?
Installing Security
Generating a Key Pair File
Authentication

RAM
defined
Glossary
processes and
ProcessLife
Process Lifespan
Server Processes
ProcessLife

realm
defined
Glossary

rect, imagemaps
Specifying Regions

redirection
Glossary

resource
defined
Glossary

resources
configuring
Using the Server Manager
controlling access to
Access Control

restarting the server
Stopping and Restarting the Server

restricting access
Access Control

root
defined
Glossary
log in as
Starting the Server Manually
server and
Changing the Server's User Account

RootObject
magnus.conf directive
RootObject

rotating log files
Rotating Log Files

routing
figure of
Understanding Security

routing, defined
Understanding Security

sample object
A Sample Object

Secure Sockets Layer (SSL)
Security
defined
How Security Works: SSL

securing the server machine
Securing the Server Host

security
authentication and
How Security Works: SSL
data integrity and
How Security Works: SSL
defined
How Security Works: SSL
document root and
Secure Server Document Root and Logging
enabling and disabling
Activating Security and Specifying Ciphers
encryption and
How Security Works: SSL
HTTP servers and
What Is an HTTP Server?
information needed to install
The Certification Authority
installing
Preparing to Install Server Security
preparation for
Preparing to Install Server Security
server machine and
Securing the Server Host

Security directive
Security

security log
The Secure Log
The Secure Log

server
manually starting
Starting the Server Manually
manually stopping
Stopping the Server Manually

Server Control
Server Control

server daemon
defined
Glossary

server machine
securing
Securing the Server Host

server manager
URL for
Starting the Server Manager

server name
aliases
Create an Alias for the Server
changing
Create an Alias for the Server
Server Name
CNAME and
Create an Alias for the Server

server processes
Server Processes
specifying
processes:specifying
Server Processes

server root
defined
Glossary

server user account
Create an IRIX User Account

server-log function
AddLog

server-parsed HTML
ObjectType

ServerCert directive
ServerCert

ServerKey directive
ServerKey

ServerName
magnus.conf directive
ServerName

servers
configuration URL
Starting the Server Manager
controlling access to
User Databases
features list
The Netscape Servers
home page
Create a Home Page
home pages for
Server Home Page
HTTP defined
What Is an HTTP Server?
HUP signal
PidLog
initializing
Init
killing process of
PidLog
location, changing
Changing the Server's Location
moving files
Map a URL to Another Server
objects and
How the Server Handles Objects
placing in jail
Chroot
ports above 1024
Server Port Number
ports under 1024
Changing the Server's User Account
processes
Server Processes
redirecting URLs to
Map a URL to Another Server
restricting access to
Access Control
root user
Changing the Server's User Account
securing
Securing the Server Host
slow
Server Processes
slow performance
Troubleshooting Installation
starting
Stopping and Restarting the Server
user account for
Changing the Server's User Account
stopping
Stopping and Restarting the Server
TERM signal
PidLog
upgrading
Replacing an Existing Server
user account, changing
Changing the Server's User Account

Service directive
obj.conf
Service

SOCKS
defined
Glossary

source
HTML
HTML Tags

special characters
Special Characters

specifying ciphers
Activating Security and Specifying Ciphers

SSL
defined
Glossary

SSL-enabled browsers
Security

starting the server
Stopping and Restarting the Server
from the command line
Starting the Server Manually
user account needed
Changing the Server's User Account
Choose Unique Port Numbers

stopping the server
Stopping and Restarting the Server
from the command line
Stopping the Server Manually

STRONG tag (HTML)
Types of Tags

superuser
Starting the Server Manually
Stopping the Server Manually
defined
Glossary

symbolic links
finding
PathCheck
restricting
Restricting System Links

syntax of HTML tags
Tag Syntax

system links
restricting
Restricting System Links

system specifics
configuring
System Specifics

tags
defined
HTML Tags
HTML
What is HTML?
syntax
Tag Syntax
types of
Types of Tags

telnet
Glossary

TERM signal
PidLog

TITLE tag (HTML)
Types of Tags

tools, HTML
Tools for Writing HTML Documents

top-level domain authority
Glossary

troubleshooting installation
Troubleshooting Installation

TT tag (HTML)
Types of Tags

uid
defined
Glossary
installation errors and
Create an IRIX User Account

UL tag (HTML)
Types of Tags

upgrading
Replacing an Existing Server

URL
defined
Glossary

URL database
defined
Glossary

URLs
administration forms and
Starting the Server Manager
configuring
URL Configuration
defined
Understanding URLs
format of
Understanding URLs
mapping
URL Mappings
removing
View, Edit, or Remove URL Mappings
mapping to local directories
Map a URL to a Local Directory
mapping to other servers
NameTrans
redirecting to servers
Map a URL to Another Server
secure servers and
Secure URL Construction

User
magnus.conf directive
User

user account
changing
Changing the Server's User Account
server and
Create an IRIX User Account
specifying
User

user accounts
nobody
Changing the Server's User Account
Create an IRIX User Account

user authorization
Restricting Through User Authorization

user databases
adding users
user databases:editing
Adding, Editing, and Removing Users in a Database
converting NCSA databases
Converting an NCSA or Text File to a User Database
creating
Creating and Removing a User Database
defined
User Databases
passwords and
Changing a Database Password
removing
Removing an Existing Database
Creating and Removing a User Database
removing users from
Adding, Editing, and Removing Users in a Database

user directories
configuring
Dynamic Configuration
customizing
Customize Users' Public Information Directories

user home directories
symlinks and
PathCheck

value (in directives), defined
The magnus.conf File

wildcard patterns
file typing and
ObjectType

WWW
described
Internet and Web Basics

WWW (World Wide Web)
addresses defined
Understanding URLs
described
Internet and Web Basics

~, in wildcards
Examples of Wildcard Usage