How to install iPlanet 5.0 to only hold netscape root?

Question

hi:
This is a simple question. According to page 17 of the Install Guide, it is
recommended to run a separate instance of the Dir Server to host the
suffix o=NetscapeRoot. And this should be the first instance to be
installed, because the other instances would refer to it.
I understand this conceptually, but when I run the install, there seems to
be only 2 choices:
a) store your data and netscape root
b) store your data and use netscape root from somewhere else.
i.e. there is no choice to just install netscape root.
So is the intended process here to choose option a) with some dummy suffix,
e.g. dc=dummy at a non-standard port, and then never use the dummy suffix?
Appreciate if someone can clarify my confusion on this process.
Thanks,
steve

Answer 1

Hi Steve,
Stephen Tsun wrote:
I understand this conceptually, but when I run the install, there seems to
be only 2 choices:
a) store your data and netscape root
b) store your data and use netscape root from somewhere else.
i.e. there is no choice to just install netscape root.
So is the intended process here to choose option a) with some dummy suffix,
e.g. dc=dummy at a non-standard port, and then never use the dummy suffix?You are right, that if you choose option a) there will be another suffix
in addition to o=netscaperoot. I would not worry to much about that:
what if you need to create users with special rights which would allow
them to access the configuration tree. I would rather not put those
entries under the o=netscaperoot tree.
On the other hand, you can delete the extra suffix after installation.
Bertold