I would like to check the replication status from the command line inDS5. In DS3, I could fetch the "lastchangenumber" from the master serverand compare that to the "copiedFrom" on the replica to verify that theservers were in sync.I have looked at the replication agreement (under ...

Will the Solaris Extensions work with iDS 5.0? In particular I'minterested in SUNWdsrad.-- Amos

Hello there,Is there a simple (or any for that matter) proceedure to change aconsumer directory server into a master supplier?I couldn't find anything in the manuals about it.I am running iDS 5 on sparc solaris 8.Thanks for any help!- Garyglavoy@apple.com ...

hi,i just tried using a user as a container object and guess what? it worked!!it was a surprise to me as I thought a user (inetorgperson) is a leaf objectand only container objects can contain other objects.Can somebody explain the rationale behind it. Please also explain howcontainer objects ...

Before I go ahead and try this I was wondering if anyone has alreadyattempted it and if so what were the results. My assumption is thateverything will be OK but you never know. Here is what I am planning ondoing.I have two servers with multi master replication and I will need to updatethem with ...

I am trying to accomplish a complete command line scripted install of theiPlanet Directory Server 5.0.So far, I have managed to script the install except for the creation ofadditional iPlanet Directory Servers (other than the config-serv) which isnormally performed through the console -> ...

Hello.I have an AIX server (server A), with a localhost LDAP server. This LDAPserver controls access to server A ressources, but also some ones in another AIX server (server B), where the "LDAP hostname" in the FastTrackWebServer settings is the server A hostname. So the ACL's in Server Bcan ...

How do I create ldif file which only updates (ie. adds attributes) anexisting entry?

Hi,For iplanet 5.0 on UNIX, the "start-slapd" script as a slight differencefrom the 4.0 version. The first line has a "unset LD_LIBRARY_PATH" command,what is the reason behind this ?I have a plugin that I am trying to load with iplanet 5.0 which uses asystem library. However, since the first ...

We are having trouble getting SSL client-based authentication to work with aNetscape 4.12 supplier and an iPlanet 5.0 consumer (with legacy consumersettings enabled). Simple bind SSL works fine however. Anyone had anyexperience with this?Thanks in advance

I'm replicating from a Netscape 4.x supplier to an iPlanet 5.0 consumersuccessfully (supplier initiated agreement) with legacy settings enabled onconsumer. Lots of ACIs are set in the supplier which restrict access only tothe supplier's IP address. However, I can add, modify, and delete ...

Hi there:I would really like some advice on how to set up schema replication oniDS4.1?Any sugestion will be greatly appreciated! Leo Sun

Hi All, My task is to establish a secure connection for customers tocommunicate with ldap for Login.I really lack the idea how to implementSSL for Form(browser) based Client .Kindly give some suggesssion.A bidirectional authentication may be required.If any body can help me In suggesting the ...

Did anyone conduct a benchmark for testing the varius I/O options in order to maximise write performance (i.e. what is the effect of moving the transaction logs to a different disk, moving the access log to a different disk, moving the databases to /tmp ..)?Yoel ...

Hi,Has anyone tried running iplanet 5.0 on Solaris 7 ? I have installed it,but the servers fails to start up? Anyone have same problem ?Thank you

I was wondering wheather any forum where we can discuss about the issuesrelated to iPlanet Meta Directory.Thanks,Narendra.

Problem: DS412 is running as root, I am su'd to root and bring up theconsole and log in as directory manager. I attempt to add a server instance,but it fails trying to set ownership of some of the files and fails startingthe server also. When I look at the subdirectory, it creates the ...

Hi, does IDS5.0 support W2K synchronization for ADS(Active Directory Service)?as compared to NT4 PDC synchronization.--Aw Peng Soonaw@antlabs.comTel: (+65)858-6789Fax: (+65)487-4567PGP key fingerprint = C3FD 07D0 6DA1 83DE DFD3 14EE 3581 6F98 81EA DD7A ...

Hello,I'm running one iDS5.0 on Solaris 7. It works fine. But I want use another Directory Server on Linux. This time there's only NDS 4.15 available. I installed NDS on Linux and choose iDS5.0 as Administration Directory. After unpacking the following error is printed:-Created new Directory ...

Hi,For iplanet 5.0 on UNIX, the "start-slapd" script as a slight differencefrom the 4.0 version. The first line has a "unset LD_LIBRARY_PATH" command,I have a plugin that I am trying to load with iplanet 5.0 which uses asystem library. However, since the first line in the "start-slapd" ...

Dear Group,I am planning/would like to use iDS 5.0 for two purposes:[1] Store XML DTD files for retrieval[2] Store Data Objects defined by an XML DTD in a Directory Tree[1] seems OK to do, but [2] is more challenging. I was wondering if anyone who subscribed to this group new of any ...

HiOther than using the GUI admin interfer for iplanet directory server, can I admin it in unix shell level? e.g. add user, modify user, etc.Andrew

Hello,I began upgrading our directory servers from 4.14 to 4.15 this morning.I started with the backup server, a SparcServer 10 running Solaris 7.Everything went ok during the install but the server would not restart,with the following error message:# ./start-slapdld.so.1: ./ns-slapd: fatal: ...

Hi,I am running IPlanet directory server version 5.0 with Netscape Enterpriseserver 4.1. I'm trying to upgrade to IWS 6.0, but the directory servergateway won't work. On the browser, I get:Server ErrorThis server has encountered an internal error which prevents it fromfulfilling your request. ...

HiI need to establish a connection over SSL with 128-bit encryption from myclient application to Active Directory. But when a connection is establishedI look at the System log and see the cipher strength is only 56.Does anybody have an idea how can I raise the cipher strength?Thanks ...

Hi,Does anyone know why iPlanet added the "unset LD_LIBRARY_PATH" in the"start-slapd" script for iPlanet 5.0 on UNIX. It did not have this line inthe "start-slapd" script for iPlanet 4.12 ?Thank you

Hi All,Pls help im new to LDAP Dir Server .I wanted to know ,can i download documents for the same from iplanet website.I saw that we have documents on the net .Can i download them so i need not have net access to view them everytimeThanks in AdvanceAshish ...

If any one can help me, I am using NEtscape Directory ServerI cannot connect to the LDAP Server, I tried to restart the slapd, itwill not.ThanksCstaten

Dear Group,I am looking at DS5 and in particular the Nested Role feature. I can create a Managed Role and add users to that Role. If I nest that role inside another role, I do not seem to be able to add users to the higher level role (via the DS Console) ? Is this correct ? If so, what is the ...

Hi ,I have installed Assure Acess 1.5 .I was trying to integrate Assure Acessand iPlanet Directory Server 5.0 .There was one setp in the manuals given by Assure Access---Open <CD Drive>:\configfiles\slapd.user_at.conf in a text editor. Thenselect and copy the entire contents of the ...

Guys, I am having a problem here. I am a bit new to ldap in general andiPlanet. I tried to setup a single master replication environment, butdismally failed. I followed every step as per Admin Guide recommendation butreplication is failing. Here is what I am getting:"Consumer Initialization has ...

Hello,I need to change objectclass : mailReciepent to mailrecient.What's the easiest way to do this.export to ldif , edit the file and import orcan i use ldapmodify ? and how do i use this ?TnxAntoine Smits

hullo,the release notes for iDS5 talk about a patch needed on Solaris 2.6 withtheserver console. and guess what, even the server console says so onstartup,then it quits. BUT WHAT PATCH-ID ?thanks & bye,stefan wiederoder

Anyone know what the following error means?[04/Sep/2001:17:36:29 -0500] - iPlanet-Directory/5.0 B2001.109.0821 startingup[04/Sep/2001:17:36:32 -0500] - slapd started. Listening on all interfacesport 389 for LDAP requests[04/Sep/2001:17:36:32 -0500] - Listening on all interfaces port 636 ...

I am noticing the following in the error log of a consumer in a multimasterenvironment:[ts] NSMMReplicationPlugin - Incoming replication session was unable toacquire replica o=companyname: sending error - replica busy to supplier[ts] NSMMReplicationPlugin - Incoming replication session was ...

Hi!Is there any possiblity to send a command via command line to the slapdprocess that causes the same behavior like the console command "sendupdates now"?TIAAchim

I want to migrate from DS 3.XX to DS v 4..xx with LDIF files.But where i can find PERL script to modify SCHEMA of before import LDIFfiles in DS 4. --Patrick RUMEURprumeur@mairie-marseille.frpatrick.rumeur@steria.com

I'm currently trying to build a directory using NDS v4.11 on a Solaris box.The directory is currently 3 million entries, but it's about to go up to 10million entries.The problem is - at the moment (3m entries) it's taking a week to completethe build and indexing. Has anybody got any ideas ...

I have a namespace that looks like this(please dont ask me to change it)o=organizationou=Peopleuid=UserNameprefContainer=Preferencescat=PreferenceCategory1[Data related to preferences]cat=PreferenceCategory2[Data related to preferences]I have been trying to set an ACI at o=organization level, ...

We have just deployed iDS5 for a client; we are planning a very largenumber ofentries, so iDS5 was the only choice.The client also needs bulk email services that use LDAP for group info,so weplanned to deploy iMS5. Here is the seeming Catch-22:1. We *can't* use NDS4 for the amount of Directory ...

HiIs there any limit for the number of arguments that a preoperation plugincan take in iDS 5.0.-thanks in advance,sanjay

I have recently completed migration testing from NIS+ to a iDS 5.0server with a native Solaris 8 ldap client. As soon as I migrated the clientfrom NIS+ to LDAP authentication, ssh authentication of any kind failed. Iam running SSH V2.4.0. Has anyone had to deal with this?--Best ...

Okay, so I've set up a 5.0 server. I configured it as aMulti-Master with a Changelog. I saved those settings.I then clicked on Replication on the navigation tree, then in theright-hand side of the window, clicked on the Legacy ConsumerSettings tab. I clicked on Enable Legacy Consumer and ...

can i use SSL during solaris login?if not, can i set the password store at unix crypt, use CRAM-MD5, and clientside set the pam.conf to use pam_ldap during login and password?please give me advise.Thank you very much!!Matthew

Has anyone ever had to connect to a iPlanet Directory Server 5.0 with ADSI?I can retrieve the entries(user's information), but I can't add theuser-defined objClass and attributes to entries(user).If you know, please kindly to give me some hints about this.Many Thanks,Kat ...

Hi,is there any way to control the timing of multi-master replication -- I havechosen option "always keep directories in sync"I'm seeing 4 to 5 minute lags from when updates made on the master arefinally showing up in the consumer.I'd like to get that lower (1 minute or less). Is there an ...

I only found the document for iDS 4.11 but can't find document for iDS5. As iDS 5 is totally different from iDS 4.11, so I am failled thesetup on iDS 5 according to the iDS4.11 document.Please help!!Thank you very much.Matthew Cheung

Hi, Does anyone knows whether the Solaris Extension of iDS RADIUS serversupport EAP(Extensible Authentication Protocol)? --Aw Peng Soonaw@antlabs.comTel: (+65)858-6789Fax: (+65)487-4567PGP key fingerprint = C3FD 07D0 6DA1 83DE DFD3 14EE 3581 6F98 81EA DD7A_The information contained in this ...

We cannot install Metadirectory 1.0 successfully on any of these platforms:NT 4.0 server SP4, SP5, SP6 or Windows 2000 Pro.It is specified for NT 4.0 Server SP4 and apparantely there is no laterversion or service pack available for Metadirectory.Apparently it doesn't like installing on dirves ...

Hi, there!I want to konwn about a point of difference between db2ldif and db2bak.I am confused by these questions.1. What is faster to restore?2. What is more safety for backup?3. How can I make a backup for entries which have extended schema?Please help me.Thanks, ...