I am running DS5 SP1 on Solaris 8 with the recommended patch set. I amusing replica id 1 for master1 and replica id 2 for master2.I am replicating 7 nodes in a multi-master scenario. I start with about1000 base entries in each db node, and add approximately 1000 to eachnode via a meta directory ...

The following text (with carriage returns after each line for readability and a stubbed out domain name) showed up on my screen in response to the ./setup installation command ...[slapd-jasper2]: starting up server ...[slapd-jasper2]: [10/Dec/2001:08:25:36 -0800] - Netscape-Directory/4.16 ...

HiI have a case where, in an org unit, roles are assigned to users and depending on the role, a user is allowed to perform certain activities on the system. The dir tree is shown below. This is a case where activities allowed for a role can change depending on the OU the user is operating ...

After issuing the command ./startconsole on a RedHat Linux 7.2 computer using NsDS 4.16 and then logging in using cn=Directory Manager and the appropriate password along with the admin server URL I got the following pop up message (ip address commented out) errors ...Cannot logon because of an ...

Is it possible to trap an Account Lockout flag when binding throughJava?

Besides, can we install the LDAP server in sparc hosts as nameing system? Can we use Sun LDAP server or iPlanet Directory Server? or need BIND DNS server too?

My connection to my isp keeps timing out, the download is always incomplete, and I can't find any way to resume my download. I guess my question is, "Why are they using that stupid system to download?" I have tried the following solutions as suggested by iPlanet tech support:IE 5.5, IE 5.51, ...

I setup a smart referral for one database (People) in nescape console but now it is dissappear from the console view. How can I undo this smart referral setting ? I am running NDS 4.12. Thanks.

On the Netscape Console (4.1), after setting the password to expire, Iam unable to start and stop the administration server through either theconsole or Control Panel (Windows NT). The error message is "Unable toread configuration parameters [PSET error: Authentication Failed|exit]."Has anyone ...

We are running Netscape DS 4.13. We would like to set up supplier-initiated replication. However, password management (particularly "user must change password when reset") does not work as expected in a replicated environment. The consumer sets the passwordexpirationtime for all password ...

I have a LDAP server running NDS 4.12 and it is working great. I use this as a LDAP server to store all the maps previously use by NIS. I want to install the new iDS 5.0 to replace 4.12. I installed the iDS 5.0 and then 5.0SP1. I follow the install documentation instructions to migrate the ...

iDS 4.15 on NT...A log analysis of one day of low activity stated:Binds:1380Unbinds: 653And then said:"You have a significant difference between binds and unbinds. You may wantto investigate this difference."Is this a serious problem? Is there some setting I have overlooked? ...

How can i populate a second direcotry server with ou=people, o=myorg data from an existing directory, and then set up replication between the two using the newly populated directory as the supplier and the original direcotry as the consumer?

where exactly do I download/get a admin consolefor window 2000? for 5.1 that is.thanksyan

I have a pretty good idea of what perldap is but what is nsperl?

Is it safe to assume the directory server does no checking of the valuesbeing entered into attribute fields against the syntax of the attribute?For example, the syntax countrystring although defined in the admin guideas "limited to only two printable string characters" can be assigned anyvalue ...

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The error appears in a pop message and is as follows -Cannot logon because of an incorrect User ID, incorrect password or Directory problem.HttpException:Response: HTTP/1.1 500 Server ErrorStatus: 500URL: http://152.80.1.1:3890/admin-serv/authenticate ...

With regards to multi master configurations with directory 5.0/5.1 cananyone elborate on how to specifically set the replica id numbers forsuch a configuration?for a given suffix - (a) do the masters have to have the same or different replica ids (from what i understand different). (b) what ...

I would like to export the user db from Directory server 3.12. And thenimport to 5.0 server.Do you have any ideas?ThanksAngus

Are there Pros, Cons, or other issues with using Microshaft's Windows 2000Server 'Active Directory' as a replacement for iPlanet/Netscape's DirectoryServer for Messaging?My thinking is: if Win2K already has LDAP, why should we need an additionalone for Messaging? ;-<)} ...

I just want to make sure I understand how to do the above 'correctly'.Here's the steps as I understand them: - I install DS5.1 using the setup program, and say that this first serveris going to be both the config and user ds, and give it a non-standardport and a 'dummy' user suffix. - then ...

To set up a migration process I need to set a up a new 5.1 Directory server as a replica of our old 4.1 Directory server. Everthing goes well untill I try to update the new server. I get this error "[blah blah...] error result (53); cannot update referral; LDAP server is unwilling to perform". ...

HiI'm using JNDI to access the iDS. I'm unable to find the equivalent of ldap compare operation in JNDI. What's the JNDI method which will do this, i.e. just return true/false based on presence or absence of the attribute value? There are lots of search methods in the InitialDirContext ...

The Netscape/NDS AddUser implements inetOrgPerson, and some other objects/Attributes not implemented in Active Directory Object Attributes, and I receive errors about the Attributes. Could you tell me the correct Attribute definition for the default DS, to add a user?

We have Netscape Directory Server 4.15running on Windows 2000. Our problem is that "established" connections do not time out. The result is that over time, the system runs out of ports/sockets, and the system fails to respond to queries.Is there any patch or NT tuning available to resolve this ...

Just (again) installed iPlanet MS 5.1 (w/ NDS 4.13, included). Can not login with known good password.Is there any way to reset the password?I can't even uninstall (w/o disk wipe & reinstall everything).;-<(}

A couple of questions on CoS entries.First, does the naming (RDN) attribute for a CoS definition entry have to bethe CN attribute?Second, when using the Console to create the template and definition,I didn't see the attribute I needed listed. The attribute is oneI've added to the schema, and ...

I'm trying to add posixusers to a directory. I would like to have thetemplates/forms included with the DSGW calculate the next available Unix UID(not LDAP UID attribute) and assign it. My thought would be to get allexisting posixuids into a javascript array, sort them, take the value storedin ...

I want to be able to create directory user ID for the iPlanet administrators. They should be able to access the admin console and all the instances created. They should be able to configure each instance and directory. I was able tocreate Admin Server Administrators but they were only able to ...

Hi,I user iplanet meta directory 5.0 to sync with active directory.When I created a new user in the meta view, the active directorywill create a new user, too.But, the new user in active directory is account locked.Anybody know how to solve this problem?Thanks..Best Regards,Sunny ...

Hi,I have NDS 1.3 installed on Win2000. Everything works fine but when I try todelete a node, the SLDAP will use 97% CPU and hang on there forever. I haveto restart LDAP service to fix that. Could anybody has same problem beforeor tell me how to fix that?ThanksAlan ...

Hi all,during the installation I receive the following error message:Extracting Netscape core components...Extracting Server Core Components...Extracting Core Java classes...Extracting Java Runtime Environment...Extracting iPlanet Directory Server...Extracting iPlanet Directory Server ...

Hi All,How do i create a new Instance for iDS thru commandline.Thanks in advance,Prudhvi.

We are migrating a Netscape 3 directory server toNetscapeDirectoryServer 4.15.All seems good except for one thing.We have a proxy thatauthtenticate to the ldap. The user information needed may be within anested group, and is never found. If it is in the first group it isfound.I am relatively ...

Within a single database, I want to consolidate all roles in one branch of the tree and have users be able to be members of them no matter what OU they reside in.

Where could I post a question regarding Netscape Messaging Server v3.5?Would dis be da place?

Over the past couple of months, I've started seeing the following in my logs, when I restart the slapd process:[26/Dec/2001:08:30:32 -0500] - Attribute entrydn has no OID[26/Dec/2001:08:30:33 -0500] - Attribute dncomp has no OID[26/Dec/2001:08:30:33 -0500] - Attribute parentid has no ...

Netscape Directory SDK for Java 4.1 can be used well for iPlanet 5.1 LDAP Server?If not, any commnet would br appreciated!

HI!I'd like to disallow old LDAP clients to bind with LDAPv2 onNetscape Directory 4.x and/or iPlanet Directory 5.x. Is thatpossible?Ciao, Michael.

RFC 2251 seems a little vague as far as whether a server with a smart referral will also return any results it has in addition to the referral or continuation urls. Does DS 5.x return both in practice? Also, would a referral have 'scope'? For example, what if a client did a search on server A ...