The AnswerBook2 server product is no longer included with Solaris or the Solaris Documentation CD products. Solaris docmentation is now provided in HTML and PDF format on the Documentation CD and does not require the Answerbook2 server to be viewed.

answerbook2_admin brings up the default web browser showing the administration interface for the local AnswerBook2 server.

The administration functionality is also accessible through the AnswerBook2 Admin option within the System_Admin subset of the Application Manager function on the CDE front panel Applications menu.

If you need an AnswerBook2 server, you can download the AnswerBook2 server software from http://www.sun.com.

The following option is supported:

-h

Displays a usage statement.

At startup time, answerbook2_admin starts up the default web browser (for example, HotJava or Netscape) and displays the URL specified for administering the local AnswerBook2 server (http://localhost:8888). If the user has set up administration access control, the web browser prompts for a valid administrator login and password for this document server before displaying the administration tool.

/usr/lib/ab2/dweb/data/config/admin_passwd

File containing username:password

See attributes(5) for descriptions of the following attributes:

attributes(5)

Once there is an open web browser and access to the AnswerBook2 Administration tool, use its online Help system to find out more about administering the AnswerBook2 server.