I have set up a Netscape Directory Server from version 4.13 to 4.16 for auth Solaris 8. I find the password policy do not affect to the Solaris users. Also, the group of the LDAP show in the number.-rw-r--r--1 test2110 Nov 21 16:26 test2The number 11 should be the group name refer to LDAP but ...

How can i have a shared Domain Messenger Address Book ?Can my user have it in Messenger Express ?ThanksAndrea

Hello allI am pretty new to directory services, so please help me out here.Has anyone completed a full import of NIS+ tables and table entries intoan iPlanet DS? or extract data out of NIS+ tables into LDIF files?ThanksAlex

Hi there,I am using Iplanet 5.0 for replications. The following error messages isfrom the error log of a consumer. I am not sure why it always displays"NSMMReplicationPlugin - csnplCommit: can't find csn 3bcxxxxxxx." Eventhougth those messages do not seem have effect on the replications, I ...

Hi All,I am trying to set up replication over ssl with client authenticationand I haven't been able to get it to work. I'll go through a rundown ofwhat I have done and maybe somebody can give me some insight into this.I am actually talking with iPlanet support and they're a bit miffed ...

Can I run Certificate Server version 4 with IDS 5 ?

How to properly remove replicas and their associated entries from directory servers?This question may seem trivial, however the reason I am asking this is that shortly after replicas are removed from supplier and consumer servers, slapd.exe generates an error on both machines, usually within 2 ...

Hi,I am having a problem getting the uniqueness plug-in to work for additionalattributes.Following instructions in the manual, the following entries are placed inthe dse.ldif file, and the server restarted.However, once I restart the server the entries either disappear from thedse.ldif file, or ...

For you information : After a fresh installation of iPlanet Directory Server 5.0 SP1 on Solaris 2.7 on an E250 we are unable to restart the server from commandline or from netscape console.In slapdmyinstance/logs/errors we see some error about DB3 files inslapdmyinstance/db/NetscapeRoot...The ...

I need to change the domain part of my company's email from xxx@abc.com toxxx@xyz.comBesides exporting the entire LDAP into a LDIF and change in by using a texteditor to replace abc with xyz, is there any other way. I know how to do itwith ldapmodify statement on one entry but is it possible ...

I am using iDS 5.0 SP1 on two win2K machines, one is supplier, other is consumer.Previously I had some trouble while removing replicas and their databases from supplier and consumer servers, because a few minutes after replicas were removed, both servers generated errors. So I decided to test ...

HiIs there a relation between the two?I assume that when I choose 'simple', the pwd travels on the network in clear. In that case, if I set the pwd storage scheme to, say, SSHA, whats the implication? Similarly, if I choose to use 'SASL', do I need to store the pwd in a particular encrypted ...

Hi,Has anyone had iDA 4.5 & NIS extensions working together? If I create aentry in the directory (4.15/Solaris 8) via ldapmodify the entry issuccessfully propagated to NIS. If I create a entry via iDA however, theentry is created in the directory but not propagated to NIS. If I export auser ...

HiWhile extending the schema through ldif files, I observe the following behaviour. I do not know if this is right.When I add entries to 99user.ldif file with X-Origin = 'user defined', the entries are available in the lower section in console where it can be modified. I'm sure this is ...

I'm working on the iPlanet Directory Server 5.0sp1. I know there is a problem of changing IP address on NDS 4.1x. I find the same problem occured on iDS 5.0.I try to use the solution for NDS 4.1x to apply in the iDS 5.0 but it can't solve the problem. Does anyone know the solution?Lucas ...

Hi,We're running NS 4.1x.I've been told to develop support for a PH interface. Has anybody donethis? Pointers? on-line Docs?Thanks,-- Curt

We have two 5.0 SP1 servers replicating multi master. If I change the casein an attribute value it does not take affect.For example:If I try to change (nickname=gregg) to be (nickname=Gregg) I see the changein the audit log but the change never shows up in the directory. Also whenI run a ...

Is there some formula available somewhere for sizing the hardware that aiPlanet v5 directory server is going to be installed on? I've beenreading through the docs and havn't come across anything yet.Any advice is much appreciated.al-- Al LilianstromCD/OSS/CSIAl.Lilianstrom@fnal.gov ...

./start-slapdld.so.1: ./ns-slapd: fatal: ../../../lib/libsh.so: bad ELF flags value: 256Killedwhat could be the reason?[Solaris 8 - iDS 5.0sp1]

Newbie question:How do you set up an attribute to be CIS or CES under Directory 5.0?The examples all talk about picking that as an option from the list whilecreating the attribute but the options under 5.0 are IA5String andDirectoryString for strings(CIS and CES don't exist).Any guidance on ...

I am installing iDS 5 on W2k and get a warning stating the "installationcannot determine the domain name for this host. Your network settings maynot be correct..." The installation continues and picks up the WINS name ofthe W2k box as a host name. I have a fully qualified dns entry for the ...

Hi,I am trying to introduce a new uniqueness plug-in for group entries.However, the plug-in does notprovide uniqueness for group cn.What I have is a structure that takes the following example:dc=orgroot +o=acmecorp+ou=Groups+cn=PMANAGERS+cn=ENGINEERS+ou=People... ...

The location of the transaction logfiles (db/log.0000xxxx ) was quite limited in diskspace. It seems that the DS keeps quite a large number of theses files (~30 x 10 MB). I noticed that previous files are automatically deleted after a certain time. Can I change the number of transaction logs ...

I'm testing the Solaris 8 using LDAP Auth. I found the shadowMax which can force the user to change passsword. However, I try the number from 2 to 60 but it always force user to change password everytime when login. The user ldif is,dn: uid=user, ou=People, dc=mydomain,dc=comgivenname: usersn: ...

I try to change the value of threadnumber and maxthreadnum per connection inslapd.conf to 64 and 0.but the directory server can not startup after this change.How it could happens? Your adive is greatly appreciated.Thanks,Peter

We are using a program in a loop, we add 500 entry in 2 minutes. If thethread number per connection is set to 5 or 10, the Netscape DirectoryServer 4.16 got disorderly shutdown and dump a core. If we set this as 1,the server works fine.Could you please tell me what is the problem? Is this ...

I installed it several different ways, but the Meta console does not appear in the console. What am I doing wrong?-Steve

I am trying to install iPlanet Directory Server 5.1 on Solaris 8. Duringset-up I get the following error message after the script asks for myAdministration Domain:ld.so.1: ./ns-config: fatal: libCstd.so.1: open failed: No such file ordirectoryKilledERROR. Failure installing iPlanet ...

We us NDS 4.1 together with the Cognos Upfront portal. The login time increased from 1 second to 31 seconds.So after entering the userid+password it takes 31 seconds until my upfornt screen is there. In general this should take only one second (and it had been so quick before) so I think there ...

I must be doing something wrong 'cos it can't be THAT difficult...I did a normal install and created a context dc=sweh (hey, it's a testserver). Now I want to do a project with a DN suffix of o=PROJECT.I have racked my brains, played with the console, played with LDIF files...I can get the ...

Anyone know where I can find the 4.16 patch for Digital? I can'tseem to find it on iPlanet's patches page.Thanks.Jim TurnerSystem AdministratornetINS, Inc.

Hi,Does anybody know where i might download this directory server. I'm looking for something that runs under linux without to much hassle, but i can't find it on the iPlanet website. Its a real pain cos all the sample code in a wrox book depend on the sample data that comes with the NS ...

I ran db2index.pl script to update my data with new indexes. After running the script, I was not able to view my data thru the console. Why? What happen to the data?Here my script usage:/iplanet/servers/slapd-xyz/db2index.pl -D "cn=Directory Manager" -w xyz -n mydbThank you. ...

I have just updated the security in my test directory server, what'sthe best way to migrate the new ACI's to the production servers? Isthere a utility do to this? Thanks in advance! Try our New Web Based Forum at http://softwareforum.sun.comIncludes Access to our Product Knowledge Base! ...

For example, if a user is added in LDAP, it has to update another database. Using Directory SDK API the process will be triggered from outside. We want iPlanet to start the process.

I have a Solaris 8 machine with iDS 4.12 running as an LDAP server. After install, setup and migrate NIS map over to LDAP, I did be able to configure an SGI IRIX 6.5.12m machine as a LDAP client. User can login put got problem when try to change passwd. Error message is "Unexpected failure, ...

Is there any issue with using and instance of version 4.x as theconfiguration directory for version 5?Thx-Wajih

How to extend the capabilities of iPlanet Directory Server 5.0 to supportthe authentication of users with existing security systems such as SecurityDynamics SecurID, and VASCO's VACMan Security Server Suite.---Claude VANGRAMBEREN Evidian.mailto:claude.vangramberen@evidian.com- ...

We are using iPlanet Portal server to consolidate all of our applications into a single desktop view. Some of our desktop channels will be URL Scraper views into our Siebel CRM system.Does anyone know how we can achieve single sign-on with our Siebel applications? In other words, we would like ...

Hi,I am trying to configure a simple replication agreement and I can not make it work. I have followed the Administrator Guide steps:A.In the consumer:1. Configure the DN for the supplier (cn=Replication Manager,cn=config)2. Create the object for that user 3. Configure the replica as consumer ...

Iam Installing iPlanet directory server 5.0 on Windows 2000 Server/SP2 on IBM Netfinity P-III Zeon 750Mhz machine, Aer installation when it "Updates System information" it gives error's e.g "Cannot create configuration in LDAP directory" etc. It creates \iPlanet\Servers directory path and in ...

I have iDS 4.12 running on Sol 8 machine. I have many users that belong to more than 16 groups. When the user login and if the group he/she in is not list in "groups" command then they can not change to a directory that own by a group not on the list of "groups" command. But the users are in ...

I have installed DS 5.0 on Solaris 8. The log files are not displayed inthemanagement console. It simply shows an empty content window.The files are there and they contain data. Access rights seem to beokay.Paths seem to be okay. I upgraded to SP1, but this did not help.I checked the patches. ...

I am developing support for the DIGEST-MD5 sasl mechnism on a c-ldap client. I am using the evaluation version of the iPlanet Directory Server 5.0 which lists DIGEST-MD5 as a supported SASL mechanism. The server is running on NT 4.0 After installing the Directory Server with the test database, ...

I can get the form to display extended schema but when editting the data it just returns errors.

does iDS check if values of attributes to be updated are identical withvalues already storedso that unnecessary updates are not performed ?