Netscape DIRECTORY SERVER 6.01 Installation Manual

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Operating System Requirements40 Netscape Directory Server Installation Guide • March 2002Ensure that you have sufficient disk space before downloading the software.Download drive: 120 MBInstallation drive: 200 MBVerifying Required System ModulesDirectory Server is not supported on Windows 2000 Pro or Windows 2000DataCenter Server.Installing Windows 2000 ServerDuring the installation of Windows 2000, please observe the following:• If there is already an operating system present on the computer, choose toperform a fresh install rather than an upgrade.• Format the drives with NTFS rather than FAT, as NTFS allows access controlsto be set on files and directories.• Specify that the computer will be a stand-alone server and will not be amember of any existing domain or workgroup. This will reduce dependencieson the network security services.• Choose an administrator password of at least 9 characters. Use punctuation orother non-alphabetic characters in the first 7 characters.• Do not install Internet Information Server.• Specify only TCP/IP as network protocol, and do not install any other networkservices.Installing Third-Party UtilitiesYou need an UNZIP utility to unpack the directory server software. There aremany commercially licensed, free and shareware tools available, such as PKZIP orWinzip. Please note that shareware unregistered versions of PKZIP 2.70 maintain aTCP/IP connection to an Internet advertising service, and so may not be suitablefor installation on this system.You need Adobe Acrobat Reader to read the documentation. If you do not have itinstalled, you can download it from:http://www.adobe.com/products/acrobat/readstep2.html