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SiteMinder SDK and Red Hat Enterprise Linux AS (28203, 28268)

The SiteMinder SDK was built using gcc 3.2.3 for Red Hat AS 3.0.

Red Hat Enterprise Linux AS Requires Korn Shell (28782)

A Policy Server installed on Red Hat AS requires the Korn shell. If you do not install a Korn shell on Red Hat AS, you cannot execute the commands that control the Policy Server from a command line, such as start-all and stop-all.

Excluded Features on Red Hat Enterprise Linux AS

The following features are not supported by the Policy Server on Red Hat AS:

• Safeword authentication scheme
• SiteMinder Test Tool

Apache 2.0 Web Server and ServletExec 5.0 on Red Hat Enterprise Linux AS (28447, 29518)

To use Apache 2.0 Web Server and ServletExec 5.0 on Red Hat AS

1. Run the ServletExec 5.0 AS installer against Apache 1.3.x.

   The ServletExec AS Java instance is created.

2. Run ServletExec and Apache 1.3.x, and make sure you can run /servlet/TestServlet.
3. Shutdown Apache 1.3.x, but leave ServletExec running.
4. Using anonymous FTP, access ftp://ftp.newatlanta.com/public/servletexec/4_2/patches and download the latest zip.
5. Extract the following from the zip:

   mod_servletexec2.c
   

6. Edit the httpd.conf file of your HP-Apache 2.x so that it contains the necessary ServletExec-specific directives.

   Note: The directives are also present in the httpd.conf file of your Apache 1.3.x if you allowed the ServletExec installer to update the httpd.conf during installation. For more information on editing the httpd.conf file, refer to the New Atlanta Communication ServletExec documentation.

7. Start Apache 2.x.
8. Test the Web Server with ServletExec by accessing:

   /servlet/TestServlet
   

General Considerations