Problems to browse the tree

Question

Hello,
i just installed the Evaluation Copy eDirectory 8.8 on a server (SuSE 9.3)
in my testing environment (based on vmware). The NDS is up (i see activate
in ndstrace) and i can browse for the tree from a different SuSE 9.3 with
NCL 1.0, but if i try to browse for the context, then i get an error: No
Access for Tree "Treename" and when i try to browse for Servers, i only get
an empty list.
When i try to login, with manually filled out context and/or Server, then i
get the error message:
Connection through Server not Possible:[TREENAME].
Error:NWCCOpenConnByName:NWE - Server not found
(Had to translate this Message from German to english ;-) )
With iManager Mobile 2.5 i can login. I have a look to the [Public] Trustee
of the Tree and there is the Browse Right enabled. So i think that it
should be possible to browse for context and server, but my box did not do
that.
Any Suggestions for me? Sorry for my bad Knowledge of eDirectory, but the
last time i had to do with eDirectory is sometime ago (Update CNE4 to
CNE5 :-) )
Thank You
Kai Schmidt

Answer 1

linuxjoe wrote:
> That is not what I mean. You go into Server Settings and setup the SLP
> configuration. It is one of the last configuration screens. In there you
> will specify the Scope and IP address of your DA. Then it will start
> working.
OK, i tried this way, but it will also be the same.
After i try to setup eDir 8.8 i have switched back to eDir 8.7 with the
latest Patch to 8.7.3.7.
I have setup one SLP DA with default settings, only edit the slp.conf to
told them to act as an DA. Then i have install eDir 8.7. Once finished and
start the NDS Demon, i tried to have a look if SLP found the service with
slptool which is successfully.
After that, i have install a second server with eDir like above, but the SLP
Demon did not act as DA. I test successfully to find the ndap service with
slptool. Also i configure successfully the NDS with ndsconfig to add the
new Server to my tree.
Then i install on a third Machine a client. I also configure there SLP and i
found successfully the ndap.novell service.
So i install the Novell Client and fire up again the machine after
Installation was succesfull (including novfs). I configure the Client as
follows:
- SLP for Name Resolution
- default for SCOPE (because i did not configure it in slp.conf, and the
standard Scope is default if unconfigured)
- DA List with IP Address of DA was automatical read from slp.conf.
But if i try to login i also get the same Errors:
- i can browse for the tree
- i can´t browse for context (No ACCESS to Tree "TREENAME")
- i get an empty list, if i browse for servers
- if i try to login with manually inserted context and server, i get the
Error Message:
Connection through Server not Possible:[TREENAME].
Error:NWCCOpenConnByName:NWE - Server not found
After that i installed Console ONE 1.3.6e and there i get an Error -748 time
out when i try to look into NDS.
Then i installed iManager Mobile, and i can login through iManager. It was
also possible to make some Operations on NDS like the creation of User, and
Partitions.
So i tried also to login directly on the servers and workstation with the
ndslogin tool on the console, and it was also possible to login on each
server and on the workstation.
So now i am very confused about this. I can login with iManager and
ndslogin, but can't login with Novell Client and Console ONE.
Greetings
Kai Schmidt