Comment them out by typing a "# " at the beginning of each line and save the file.

Disable Apache Web Server
In addition to the SendMail service, we need to disable the Apache Web Server, if it's installed. First, log in to your system as "root." To stop the Apache Web Server, type the command:

As with the SendMail server, we now need to prevent the Apache Web Server from starting when the server is rebooted. To do this, type the following command:

Using Linuxconf to disable Daemons
Linuxconf is a powerful tool that can be used to monitor system activities, add and remove users, adjust system variables, and control the way your system starts. Linuxconf can be run from the command line, a Web interface, or within X-Windows.

If you're unfamiliar with the command line and prefer a more graphical tool, you can use Linuxconf to disable servers.

To disable SendMail and Apache using Linuxconf, start Linuxconf from either the command line, GUI (Graphical User Interface) icon (in X-Windows), or by pointing your browser to http://machinename:98. (You must have enabled Web access for Linuxconf to use this method).

From the main menu, choose Control. Next, choose Control Service Activity. You should see a long list of services with two columns labeled "Enabled" or "Disabled." To disable Apache, find the httpd entry and switch the column from Enabled to Disabled. To disable SendMail, find the SendMail entry and choose Disabled. Save and set your changes to "Active."

Acquiring the software
Lotus provides a couple of ways that you can obtain your very own copy of Domino for Linux. As we talked about last month, IBM is providing an exceptional deal called the Small Business Pack for Linux. One of the components of the suite is Domino R5 Application Server for Linux. If you're interested in a 90-day trial of R5, you can download a packaged file from Notes.Net at http://www.notes.net/linux.

Creating a user for Domino
Under Linux, each user "owns" specific processes, so we need to create a user for Domino. Again, log in as "root." Create a new user. For example, you could call the user "notes," in which case you'd type in"adduser notes". Then you have to set the password for the new user. Type in, for example: "passwd notes".

Installing partitioned servers
As with other distributions of Domino, during the installation process you'll be asked if you want to install more than one Domino server on a single computer. For each server you want to run, a different user name needs to be used to distinguish between processes.

Installing Domino
There are different instructions on installing Domino depending on how you obtained the software.

Software on CD
If you have the software on CD, log in as "root". Before you can use the CD under Linux, you need to mount the drive. Insert the CD in the drive and type: "mount /mnt/cdrom". Change directories to CD with, "cd /mnt/cdrom". Change directories to the Linux installer with "cd Linux". Finally, run the installer with "./install".