Re: Re: Ack; another thread,
By: Kc2ugv to Dingo on Fri Aug 30 2013 09:55 am
> > F> As a general rule, I do not allow X servers on any server. Even if I
> > F> application that I launch from a server, it should run on my display n
> > F> on the real server. I have had several consultants not like my re when
> > F> they wanted to install and run some management tool on the produ serve
> >
> > Unfortunately commercial unix products, such as IBM's WebSphere absoluate
> > require it. Ok not *absolutely*, to make a "headless"
> > install of IBM WebSphere requires "recording" an installation log thingie
> > thats xml, that you hand modify and run through some tool on
> > the headless server after much muckery ... a whole lot of muckery, took m
> > about 4 days to finish preparing, actually.
> >
> > Whereas if the target linux machine just had X, I could have just run
> > the damn (eclipse & java-based) installer, instead.
> > ---
> > ■ [TN11.1] Archaic Binary
>
> You do not need X to install IBM Websphere. You need some xlibs installed,
> but not the actual X Server. You can just redirect X to your local console,
> or use the answers.txt method for the silent install.
>
> I've done many a Websphere install on AIX, no X servers allowed on those
> machines. If you install the xclock or xterm package on the machine, it'll
> get the required packages; of which the X server isn't one of them.
>
What was the web server that came with netware for years?
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