We are running Portal 3.0 with SP3 and HP1. HP1 was supposed to providefunctionality to bring OWA 2000 throught the rewriter, however this does notwork. We have selected the HTTP basic authentication and can get to OWA butthe Inbox does not display and a "Whitespace not allowed at this ...

In our current architecture for the portal we have 3 instances of theportal; one for development, one for qa, and finally our production/livesystem. All of the source code and html is on external web servers, but theyare all the same and are using a version control system to move and keeptrack ...

HiWhy do I get a "No Such Domain" error page when trying to login ?Michael

I can use applikations like the JIVE forum with Portal server gateway, evenwhen cookies are used for authentication.But not when I'm activating the "ipshttpd"-proxy.The cookies then looks different: without ipshttpd (works):jive.user.lastvisited=null|fthw002x.fthw.siemens.de|/jive/iplanet with ...

Tabs seemed to be working fine in SP2. But in SP3 everytime I create a newtab, all of the same channels are on every tab that is displayed. Itdoesn't matter if I create a custom tab or select a predefined tab. Anyassistance would be greatly appreciated. Thanks.

Hello,We have a number of domains running on iPS v3.0sp3, and will be adding more all the time (incidently, anyone run into any limits on the number of domains iPS can support at one time?). All of these domains are customized from the default setup (in terms of authentication mechanisms, ...

NS6.x is incompatible with iPS3.Actual java console log from Netscape 6.1 trying to load the Netlet...Java(TM) Plug-in: Version 1.3.0_01Using JRE version 1.3.0_01 Java HotSpot(TM) Client VMNetlet starting...Netscape security model is no longer supported.Please migrate to the Java 2 security ...

While I am using sp2, where can I have the hot fix for sp2?

I installed the gateway and server (ver 3.0 SP3) on the same machine(solaris8).When I start the gateway and server in debug mode I see that the serverreceives an AthenticationException when trying to bind to the LDAP server.Is there any LDAP configuration I need to do after install in order to ...

Is there a way to change channel descriptions (e.g., for JSPProviderchannels) using the iPlanet Portal Server admin console?I try not to use ipsadmin to export and re-import the channel, or change thedescription directly from portal profile server's admin console.Thanks. ...

I created a new authenication module called Secman and added:Secman.properties to /etc/opt/SUNWips/auth/<mydomain>I added a Secman.class Login file to /opt/SUNWips/lib/secmanthe package name is com.iplanet.portalserver.auth.module.secmanI imported the xml file with the appropriate updates ...

I want to add a property to the iwtDesktop component called externalServer.I want to be able to use this property in various channels such as theiwtUserInfoProvider, and other base channels as well as some custom ones toget where the external content server is so that I do not need to hard ...

Hello,We are using NFuse/Citrix to present and publish applications in the iPlanetPortal server.NFuse uses a cookie to provide the applications with user information.This cookie is created with a .asp file on the NFuse server using a logonscreen.I wanted to create a cookie filled with profile ...

Hi,I was trying to configure netlets on SP2, and I get these errors in thejava console in the browser when a user logs on.And when try to telnet, I get a message saying "Netlet not loaded".Has anyone experienced this?(This i get inspite of the netlet daemon running on the server(if ...

I am looking at Enterprise Portal Server, Secure Remote Access Pack, andtrying to understand what this really buys me in terms of RemoteAccess. From the supporting material on the iPlanet web site, I can'ttell whether it requires certificates on the client, or uses underlyingtechnology like a ...

Platform: SOLARISVersion: iplanet portal. SP2I am getting the following error while attempting to install a customauthentication plugin.executing the command " /opt/SUNWips/bin/ipsadmin change component iwtAuthiwtAuth.xml.update" is giving the following cyptic error:(Note: I have verified the ...

Hi,I am new to the iPlanet portal server. Where can I find a detailed step bystep example of how to write a provider and create a channel of thatprovider?I have read administration guide and programmer's reference guide. Is thereany good documentations I can read?Once you have create a channel ...

Has anyone had any problems with the SP3a install and what did you do toremedy.

Is anyone experiencing frequent Gateway EProxy timeouts or lockups ?We have several gateways around the world all coming into a singlePortal/Profile server.The corporate WAN in most instances providesacceptable bandwidth to the Portal server, but there will at times be heavycongestion.The ...

OK, I've got SP3 (the original) installed, and Hotpatch 1 as well - fortesting, not in production.Works fine, except Hotpatch 1 was not pretty -it messes up many of the admin GUI links, and doesn't fix Outlook Web Access2000 access as advertised.Now along comes SP3a.What exactly is the ...

Hi all,Is there an easy way to move the profile server off onto anotherhardware box?I'd like to have both of my portal servers (multi-server install) pointto an LDAP on a 3rd box that serves profile requests (so that we cancluster the LDAP and make it HA)Can I just install Directory 4.14 on ...

I am writing some Java applications to query the Portal Server LDAP. I amable to retrieve/update any field I want, but the password comes encryptedso I am not able to know if a given password for a user is the right one.This can be usefull, for example, for a SSO between external ...

I have read through the documentation about URL rewriting and it says whatis rewritten, pretty much everything. What I need to do is NOT rewrite somelinks that are in a channel that I have no control over.The links are available over the regular internet and there does not need tobe any reason ...

Ok, I have successfully created tabs for our portal. I defined whichchannels each tab should contain, but...if I leave all the channels in the Selected Channels list, all of thosechannels in the list show in every tab and...if I take all the channels (except iwtTabProvider) out of the ...

Hi All,I have some links withing the URLScrapper Channels that have accessto some of the non-portal applications like Messaging Server 5(Webmail) and some Admin Console of some machines (For example:Sunray Admin Console). The links works fine without the URL rewritebut once the URL is being ...

we are in the process of load-testing out portal. We have been gettingvaried results none of which are very good. our portal failed in twoseperate tests.. one failed at 65 users another failed at 230 users ondifferent nights. we have noticed an error appearing in the webservererrors log file on ...

I wrote a custom authentication (login) plugin using portal Login API. Thisplugin is intended to work directly without challenging the user with alogin page. It checks the domain cookie directly to read for usercredentials and logs them in directly or denies login based on the ...

I'm looking for a way for a user to be able to increase their session &idle timeouts after logging in. I want the user to have to make thechoice to increase them, every time they login.On checking the API we have getMaxSessionTime() and getMaxIdleTime()exposed in ...

I am using IPS3SP2, and I wanted a detailed log of messages to debug someapplications.I replaced the line"ips.debug=error" with"ips.debug=messages"in the /etc/opt/SUNWips/platform.confEven after restarts the log still remains that of Error messages.Should I change anything more to get a ...

Has anyone tested Netfile successfully with SP3 (or SP3+HP1) and IE?We're running SP3+HP1 through tests and just now found that NetFile crashesunder IE 5.5 and 6.0. The Netfile launcher window displays, but the NetfileGUI does not. The test gateway is using a self-signed cert for now.Get this ...

Anyone know if you can get around entering a fully qualified hostname(hostname.sub-domain.domain)? I am setting up a development environment andthe computer is part of an internal LAN with just a hostname/IP.Ideally I would just specify its IP address or hostname and that would be itbut it ...

I am trying to develop an application which needs to maintain user-specificdata.And I am trying to use Profile of the user to store this.I am calling the Profile.setAttribute() method.But when I do a Profile.store(false) I am getting a Invalid ParameterException.Is the approach I am following ...

HelloI encountered some problems when trying to use the iPlanet Portal - MobileAccess Pack1. It seems that Membership authentication does not work for mobile clients,when selecting this method an empty screen is received so username,passwordcan not be entered.2. When trying to use LDAP ...

does anyone know how to create a http request such that you cansuccessfully pass username and password via a single URL (to make signin easier)?

Portal Server has been around a while now and as such I would be reallyinterested to find out from the people that matter, i.e. those that use anddevelop applications with Portal Server, their views on this product. Havingused various other iPlanet products my main fears are as follows:1. It ...

During installation of the mobile access pack I get a lot of exceptionslike:Adding schema for /etc/opt/SUNWips/xml/iwtWirelessBookmarkProvidercHTML.xml.Fatal exception initializing ldap Data Storeinteg4.mobilitec.com:389javax.naming.CommunicationException: integ4.mobilitec.com:389. ...

Hi EveryOne know how can I retrieve a number of message unread of an useraccount who he is logged , with an jsp expression , not using theJSPPRovider ex : [tag:iwtUserInfoProvider-lastName] to retrieve the lastname ofuser.ThanksMaamar

If this has been covered before, please point me in the right direction.I have installed the portal server on a solaris box, but the webserver fails to startup (or at least stay up) with the following error: [31/Oct/2001:10:02:47] info (17808): successful server startup[31/Oct/2001:10:02:47] ...

Hi,Anyone know how to integrate iPs with ASP application running on IIS Server.ThanksJoe

Hello,I need to change the ip address and domain name of the portal server. Theport numbers do not need to be changed. The gateway and server are on thesame system, running SP3.What needs to be done to:(a) reconfigure server and gateway to the new ip address?(b) reconfigure server and gateway ...

Hi,Can you configure NetFile to talk to machines on a Windows NT/2000network on which neither Samba nor FTP servers are running?ThanksSuresh

Maybe I am barking up the wrong tree but I assume it is possible to use an external LDAP server to authenticate users to the portal. The external LDAP server just authenticates the user while the profile is stored in the internal iPlanet directory.I have configured the LDAP authentication ...

Hi I have been reading the Programmers Reference Guide and I have a fewquestions about jspProviders. It seems that there are only three filesneeded to create a jsp provider.1. Content JSP2. Edit JSP3. Process Edit JSPNow a few questions:1. Is it possible to increase the number of Edit JSP pages ...

Maybe I am barking up the wrong tree but I assume it is possible to use an external LDAP server to authenticate users to the portal. The external LDAP server just authenticates the user while the profile is stored in the internal iPlanet directory.I have configured the LDAP authentication ...

Has anyone successfully installed multiple certificates on the iPS gateway?If so, how?There doesn't seem to be any way to do this with the tool provided.Wehave a need to provide an Intermediate CA cert to support the InternationalStep-Up (to allow 40 bit browsers to step-up to 128bit) - using ...

Hi All,I have two requests:1) I'm not able to find a clear documenation of how the portal loggingprocess work.2) To make it short:My Netscape Portal use external Ldap Netscape server (DS1) to authenticate.The password used should be different than his password on an other LdapNetscape server ...

We are looking to do some analysis of the logs from the portal. This wouldentail running logs through Web Trends. The problem is I am not sure whatlogs to run through. There are logs for Authenication, and URL scraping,and a couple of other.Our goal is to track a user from teh time they ...

Any one out there know how to make the session cookies for the portal remaineven if you close the browser window that teh portal orginally opened into?We have a 480 minute timeout for our company interent, but once the usercloses the browser window, they have to RE-SIGN into the portal. We want ...

Hi all.I have a simple servlet, returning the uid of the logged in user. If Ilaunch this servlet from the Bookmark Channel provider, this works fine.BUT, if i use the desktop channel wizard, and put this servlet as content ina URL scraper channel, the servlet always throws a general exception ...

Experts,This is my first posting to this board. I am researching the NetegrityPolicy Server and how it would work with the iPlanet Portal Server solution.I ran into a road block when I thought, what does a policy server do for youthat the iPlanet Portal Server does not? Obviously this sounds ...