Verify that you are entering via http://localhost/session/adminlogin?RCpage=/sysadmin/index.stm
By default, the config.ini file limits access to the sysadmin are to localhost
(127.0.0.1).
What is the robots.txt file used for ?
The robots.txt file is for web robots like those used by search engines.
This file indicates what areas of the site may be searched and what areas
should not be searched.
See
info.webcrawler.com/mak/projects/robots/robots.html for more information.
Why does the modem try to connect when I'm accessing my local server ?
When your browser is configured to use the Sambar Server as a proxy server,
you must also configure your browser to not use the proxy for local server
accesses (i.e. localhost). If you fail to configure your browser in this
manner, the Sambar Server proxy server will connect to your remote service
each time the server is accessed.
Why has my RDBMS "not been validated with the Sambar Server" ?
The Sambar Server uses an RDBMS infrastucture that is common to several
applications developed by Sambar Technologies. This infrastructure is
capable of generating DDL such as schema and index creation
unique to specific databases. The Sambar Server does not use these elements
of the RDBMS infrastructure, so this error message can be ignored.
Does the Sambar Server support Active Server Pages (ASP) ?
The Sambar Server supports Microsoft ISAPI functionality which should
be enough to support Active Server Pages. Regretably, Microsoft restricts
ASP installation to their own web servers (PWS and IIS).
Server-side JavaScript is being worked on and will be a future addition
to the Sambar Server. This functionality is being modeled after Active
Server Pages. This technology should be introduced in the 5.0 release of
the server.
Why does the Sambar Server conflict with the
running of programs such as Eudora ?
Regretably, I do not yet have an answer for this problem. The conflict is
only reported when the Sambar Server ODBC interface is enabled. The solution
for NT users is to run the Sambar Server as an NT Service (make sure the
ODBC datasources are configured as System DSNs).
Why do I get an ever-increasing thread buildup
when running the Sambar Server ?
Many users running Windows95/98 or WindowsNT experience an increasing
thread-count in the Sambar Server display which will eventually cause
the server to crash. This problem is most likely caused by bugs in
the Microsoft winsock driver that shipped with Windows 95/98 and NT.
By applying the latest OS patches from Microsoft, the server thread
count should stay at between 4 and 10 during average use.
Why do I get a Forbidden message after
logging into the System Administration forms ?
By default you must> connect to the server via
http://127.0.0.1/session/adminlogin?RCpage=index.stm to access the
administration pages. Remote machines can be granted access by adding
host IP addresses to the valid System Administrator IPs. Failure to
have your IP address in the System Administrator IPs will result in an
"Invalid Login" message.
Assuming you are logging in correctly, the three most common causes of
the Forbidden message are:
- Browser cookies are not enabled. Cookies are required for user logins.
- The browser is going through the Sambar Server Proxy to connect to the
server. Modify the browser proxy configuration to "Don't Use Proxy" for
local connections (exclude localhost:80 from going through the proxy).
- The Administrator login has timed out. User logins are automatically
timed out after a system defined Timeout Duration or
Admin Timeout Duration (depending on the client classification);
the login timeout duration defaults to 30 minutes for users and 5 minutes
for system administrator logins (see the [events] section of the
config.ini file.
My Server crashed, what happened ?
When the Sambar Server crashes, a crash debug file sambar.dbg is
generated in the Sambar Server installation directory. This file provides
a stack trace of the server crash that can be used by Sambar Technologies
to diagnose (and hopefully) fix the server crash.
How do I get AOL Instant Messenger or ICQ to work ?
These programs rely on the SOCKS protocol to support operation behind
a proxy. You will need to enable the SOCKS proxy within the Sambar Pro
Server and setup DNS on your local network to get these to work.
Important: The SOCKS5 proxy has a 300 second idle timeout, so
ICQ must be configured accordingly.
Why do many Java applets fail ?
Many Java applets require that DNS be setup on your local lan in order
to communicate back to the machine from which the applet was served.
Does the encryption used in the passwd and
RC@encrypt use a server-specific seed ?
The encryption performed in the server uses a "seed" found in the
config.ini file: Public Key = Sambar Server Encryption Key.
This key can be modified to ensure that encryption on the server is
different on each server installation; modifying this key affects
all passwd entries as well as RC@encrypt function calls. The one
drawback to changing htis key is that the sacrypt and htpasswd
utilities have this seed hard-coded in them. A future release will permit
these utilities to be passed in an arbritrary seed.
How can I redefine an icon displayed with files
when listing a directory ?
The configuration file config/iconmap.ini contains the icon mappings
for displaying files when a directory listing is performed by the server.
What does the Automatic Directory Readme
directive do ?
If Automatic Directory listings are enabled, then before listing the contents
of the directory, the server first looks for a README file to display
above the directory listing. You can go to any directory where you do not
have an index.htm file and create a file called README. Then visit
the directory with your browser and the contents of the README file should be
listed before the directory listing.
Why won't the server start if the calendar is
set past 2038 ?
Time is calculated from 1970 in seconds on most machines using the time()
function. In 2038, the number of seconds that can be stored in an integer
is reached and time() returns -1. The Sambar Server requires time() for
many internal uses so it won't start if time() returns -1 on startup.
Most folks (myself included) seem to figure that 64-bit machines will
eliminate this problem long before 2038 so there hasn't been much effort
to fix it.
What is the favicon.ico used for ?
Visitors to your site using IE5.0 who add your URL to their
"list of favorites" result in a request for /favicon.ico from
the server. IE5.0 uses this ICO file when display the URL in the
Favorites pulldown.
Is PHP supported ?
PHP is not presently supported. The "default" binary from PHP will
not run as a CGI (it must be recompiled with different parameters).
Sambar Technologies plans to fully support PHP when the ISAPI interface
is available. (PHP4 is now out in beta and support is being worked on.)
Why doesn't /session/adminlogin?RCpage=/search.dll
work ?
The Sambar Server automatically executes RPCs and then returns the page
identified by RCpage if the RPC did not return any output. The RCpage
parameter cannot always be used. A second directive, RCredirect should
be used for dynamic modules such as the ISAPI DLL in this example.
How do I modify the user login timeout
duration ?
User logins are automatically timed out after the system defined
Timeout Duration; the login timeout duration defaults to
30 minutes. To modify the user session timeout, modify the
Timeout Duration in the [events] section of the
config.ini file.
Why does the server fail to start with the
error "port 110 is in use" ?
This indicates that you have another application, typically a mail
server, running on your machine. In addition to mail servers, some
antivirus software (specifically, Norton AntiVirus 2000) runs on this
port to intercept POP3 traffic between your mail client and server.
There is a workaround for proxy server users;
those wishing to use the Sambar Mail Server must disable the application
running on port 110.
Why do RAS ports periodically fail on my
server ?
Microsoft Support Online article Q238171 indicates that in some cases,
RAS ports disappear after a client disconnects (when using the Sambar
Server proxy, the RAS port is continuously being connected and disconnected).
The RAS problem arises from a mismatch in two different RAS modules,
rasman.exe and rassrv.exe. The free port never reinitializes, it just
disappears. Microsoft corrected the port disappearance in a late 1999
patch to rassrv.exe which you can get from Microsoft Support. This bug
applies to all versions of Windows NT, independent of service-pack level.