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  • Knowledge Document: Error -602 when running ndsrepair -T to report time synchronization

    Environment eDirectory 8.8.X eDirectory 9.X Open Enterprise Server Server without any replicas of partitions in the tree Situation When running ndsrepair -T to report on the time synchronization of servers in the tree, a server without any replicas…

  • eDirectory Upgrade standalone

    I am upgrading OES 2018.3 to OES 23.4 using the ISO 'physical media'. (Can't go to 24.1 as the Customer Centre configuration doesn't work - need an activation code - which is not available with the OpenText doing maintenance). Finished installing packages…

  • Which trustees are needed?

    Hi, a user should be able to create and delete (user-) aliases in a specific OU. Which rights did this user need?

  • DSfW installation Name Mapped vs Non-Name Mapped

    I been away from NDS/eDir for a while and have a few challenges I hope to get some light shed upon. I looking at deploying a DSfW server in my environment and I'm not clear on the difference between Name and non-Name mappings. From what I have read…

  • Return a manual method to run a PKI Health Check

    Once upon a time, we could manually run a PKI Health Check without bringing any services down. And the docs I can find still allude to that distant past. Especially KB 7000654 When iManager doesn't want to talk cleanly with a system, it would be nice…

  • LDAP Agent for NetIQ eDirectory 9.1.4 not loading

    Hello, I have some trouble with LDAP module on OES 2018 SP2. After some problems with certificates, LDAP doesnì't start anymore. This is the message: ndstrace -c modules | grep nldap nldap Not Loaded LDAP Agent for NetIQ eDirectory 9.1.4 dsloader…

  • Allow CIFS service to work with "Required Client Certificate" in LDAP server configuration

    Until now CIFS service (authentication) is failing if following parameter is set into LDAP server object : Connections: Client Certificate:Required Please allow this to work. Case : 02168334 Thank you

  • How to configure public_html in OES

    Hi all, I want to configure the public_html directory in the homedirectory for every user in my eDirectory. However, this works under this instructions not as I would like, because modapach.zip can no longer be downloaded and the settings under netware…

  • Error: Failed to create default certificates (iManager : Repair default Certificate)

    Hi Community, after having change server (OES2018sp2) IP address + ipchange.sh trying to repair server certificates gives iImanager : Error: Failed to create default certificates and /var/log(messages : novell-tomcat[1651]: eDirCertificateMan..…

  • ndsrepair -T or -E returns "Unable to connect to NDS Server. No such process."

    Hi. We recently installed oes2018sp2 servers into a tree that used to hold SuSe/eDir rather than OES. Everything looked ok for for a few days, but we're now getting "Unable to connect to NDS Server. No such process" on a couple of servers anytime ndsrepair…

  • Search and display NSS Rights with the NURM Interface in an eDir only Installation

    NURM is a very practical tool to search and display NSS Rights. But with OES2018SP2 it requires a login into Microsoft AD. Please make NURM work without the AD login requirement. This would enable NURM to search and display rights in an eDir only installation…

  • OES2018SP2 oes-install fails for ECDSA certificate -601

    Hi, We've got a tree where we recently moved the CA from an old 8.8 server to an existing OES2018SP2 box. We purposely left the CRL behind and configured the CA not to use CRL, and elected not to use ECDSA as this was not configured on the old server…

  • ERROR mapping NSS Volume, LOGIN-LGNWNT32-400

    Hello, My headache with the NCP/NSS continue. We have an off-site server running SLES 11 SP4. The purpose of this machine is to be used as a local file server for the people working in the office. Installed on it is eDirectory, NSS and all packages that…

  • Deploy on Cloud

    Open Enterprise Server has some of the best technologies for team collaboration (Filr, NSS, eDirectory, etc.). However, we are looking to migrate our services to a cloud native solution running on Docker and Kubernetes. My idea would be to take the services…

  • When I install OES2 SP3 SLES 10SP4 unable to bind to edirectory through ldap

    When adding new server to existing edirectory, getting message unable to bind to eDirectory through ldap. The details shows a warning message Unable to check the duplicate server context NW19OES.ou=SERVERS.o=AL-AHLEIA.AHLEIA. Please help to resolve the…

  • nss not in eDirectory

    I've created one nss volumes using iManager. The volume exists and is mounted (mount command from linux ), but the related object doesn't exist on eDirectory. On eDirectory, there is only the sys volume The environment is oes 2018 sp1.

  • Give us salvage for edirectory objects

    Wouldn't it be great to be able to restore an edirectory object removed by accident and be able to recreate it from kind of an edirectory salvage pool/trash bin? Who doesn't know incidents where a user object is asked to be deleted and a few days or even…

  • eDirectory hanging at random times.

    I've a SLES 11 SP4, OES 2015.1 system that has been giving me trouble for a while. eDirectory will stop responding at random times, I can stop the service via command (rcndsd stop). This process can take up to ten minutes or so to complete, the log file…

  • eDirectory 9.1 in OES

    Hello Everyone, You may have noticed the Update 3 for OES2018 was released 2 to 3 weeks into June, instead of end of May. This was due to the decision to take in eDirectory 9.1 into that patch scope and it required good amount of qualification. It was…

  • eDirectory initial Configuration, show container objects ahead of the leaf objects

    The problem When setting up a new OES box you need to select the container to put it in, but the selection options make you scroll all the way through all the leaf objects(which aren't applicable) before you can select an applicable container as they…

  • TTP iPrint Printer Lists and Extending Open Enterprise Server Part VII: Basic PHP Code

    In this article and the next one we will explore the printer list PHP code to demonstrate how easy it can be to extend OES for your own nefarious purposes. After that we will wrap up by demonstrating a couple of other utilities made possible by our project…

  • Generate some sort of notification when default server certificates expire.

    I have had repeated experience of server default certificates expiring and the server continuing to appear to work until suddenly something stops working. This can be many months later. Regenerating the certificates fixes everything. Yesterday it was…

  • TTP iPrint Printer Lists and Extending Novell OES Part V: Web User Interface Overview

    Finally, End User Functionality Part I is here. Part II is here Part III is here Part IV is here I hope that dealing with iManager was not too much of a slog. We have finished with our data store (eDirectory) and our management interface (iManager…

  • TTP iPrint Printer Lists and Extending Novell OES Part IV: Creating The Administrative Interface

    Preface This article is a walk-through. We assume that you have already read the previous parts in this series: Part I is here. Part II is here Part III is here. This entire walk-through takes place in a copy of iManager that has been installed…

  • TTP iPrint Printer Lists and Extending OES Part III: A Plugin for Administration Through iManager

    I apologize for the long wait between posts – it will not happen again with any of the series that I am planning for Cool Solutions. Trying to explain iManager pithily is a little tricky, and finishing this section got put on the back burner. As a reminder…

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