In trying to manage remote Linux-based Directory Servers with a NsDS 4.16 console running on NT 4.0 could a knowledgeable soul please explain the attached error? Thanks in Advance, Jeffrey

Question

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 Error
Status: 500
URL: http://152.80.1.1:3890/admin-serv/authenticate

Answer 1

Hi Jeffrey,
There may be a lot of situations where you would encounter such error. However, it is most likely because you have not changed you default Administration restrictions (ip and hostname). By default on DS 4.1x, the ip specified is the ip address of the DS' machine and the host name is your domain.
Therefore, if you change these restrictions to "*" (to begin with) and restart you Administration Server, then you should be able to have access to your Linux DS through your Windows Console.
An easy way to verify if the above error message is related to the Administration Restrictions is to:
-> start a web browser with http://<linux_machine>:<adminport> to try to access the HTTP Gateway. If you cannot reach that page remotely, then you are most probably encountering the issue I have mentioned.
Hope this would answer you question.
Cheers / Damien.