Installation of the Novell eDirectory 8.8.1

!!! Don't install eDirectory 8.8 as the ebuilds are buggy and can screw up your system !!!

Emerging the server applications

# layman -a n4g-experimental
# emerge -uND novell-edirectory

Requrements

Install an SLP Server:

# layman -a n4g-experimental
# emerge -uND novell-ndsslp
or
# emerge -uND openslp

configure the slp server to your need. (no other services that are using the broadcast interface should run: mdns, dns.dispatcher, .....)

configuration

(the configuration is done with the included "ndsconfig" tool that requres a running slp server)

To create a new tree, enter the following command:

# ndsconfig new -t corp-tree -n o=company -S NDSServer -a cn=admin.o=company

To add a server into an existing tree, enter the following command:

# ndsconfig add -t corp-tree -n o=company -S NDSServer -a cn=admin.o=company

To remove the Novell eDirectory Server object and directory services from a tree, enter the following command:

# ndsconfig rm -a cn=admin.o=company

Start the required server services

# /etc/init.d/ndsd start 
# /etc/init.d/nldap start

Set up your system to automatically load the client services

# rc-config add ndsd default
# rc-config add nldap  default

admimistration

The administration can be done with ConsoleOne

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