Sun Microsystems Sun Blade 2500 - Manual (Page 40)

24 Sun Blade 2500 Getting Started Guide • December 2004
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-example to 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