Steps to connect an external LDAP

Dear Gurus,
What are the steps to connect an external LDAP like ADS.
Pls let me know the step by step procedure e.g.
creating the admin,guest and ??? users in Portal.Deleting the same from the LDAPs and so on.
Thanks for the help.
Nirmal

Hi,
Check the below link for LDAP connectivity...
Integrated Windows Authentication with SAP EP 6.0 SP 3 and higher Part 1 of 2
Regards
Vasu

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Error -14002 -- connecting to external LDAP server -- HELP!

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I did a clean install over an exisiting 10.4 Server that was connected via LDAP to our eDirectory. I exported and imported our custom mappings into /System/Library/DirectoryServices/Templates/LDAPv3 . (Which we can do on any of our 10.4 servers and its fine).
However it appears that the 10.5 server can't properly see the eDirectory server. We've tried all combinations of SSL on/off, port 636 or 389, using authentication or not. Whatever we do, Workgroup manager gives the following when trying to browse and will lock up if run from a client system. WGM will not lock up on the server but will still give the attached error.
"Error of type eDSOpenNodeFailed (-14002) on line 3873 of /SourceCache/WorkgroupManager/WorkgroupManager-319/PMMUGMainView.mm"
Interestingly, using an LDAP-browsing application like LDapper from the server is completely successful in browsing eDirectory.
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Assuming you meant /etc/openldap/ldap.conf I changed mine, which now reads
something similar to the following (there doesn't seem to be any way to
get the forum to not apply some sort of wiki-style markup)
arbela:~ nw$ cat /etc/openldap/ldap.conf
# LDAP Defaults
# See ldap.conf(5) for details
# This file should be world readable but not world writable.
#BASE dc=example, dc=com
#URI ldap://ldap.example.com ldap://ldap-master.example.com:666
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Why do I get error "The LDAP server is unavailable" while connecting to external domain via sync connection in SharePoint UPSA ?

Hello,
I am trying to connect to external domain via UPS Account having "Replicate Directory changes" permission on external domain while creating sync connection in UPSA.
I have checked below URLS :
http://social.technet.microsoft.com/Forums/en-US/1912bf88-8fec-4b5d-9d1e-a42db8318e33/ldap-server-is-unavailable-sharepoint-2010-user-synchronization?forum=sharepointadminprevious
http://social.technet.microsoft.com/Forums/en-US/6525d3aa-9197-42a2-aea0-190b84ac8356/the-ldap-server-is-unavailable?forum=sharepointadminprevious
And looks like its network connectivity issue - and hence I have verified that port 389 is open by infra team.
Note : I am able to connect to local AD , does it make sense that port is not open for external domain ?
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Your help will be highly appreciated as I am struggling to fix this issue since quite long time but no luck yet.
Thank you in advance.
Kind regards,
Dipti Chhatrapati

Hi Dipti,
If you have Two-Way trust relationship then not sure if you have tried below:
Create a folder on the SharePoint server
Go to Folder properties - Security tab
Try adding user of the external domain on the folder
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or the trust which is configured.
Please also make sure that you have given permissions to sync account as per below TechNet:
http://technet.microsoft.com/en-us/library/hh296982(v=office.15).aspx
Replicate Directory changes permissions are also required on cn=configuration container, below are the steps:
Grant Replicate Directory Changes permission on the cn=configuration container
Use this procedure to grant Replicate Directory Changes permission on the cn=configuration container to an account.
To grant Replicate Directory Changes permission on the cn=configuration container
On the domain controller, click Start, click Run, type adsiedit.msc, and then click OK.
If the Configuration node is not already present, do the following:
In the navigation pane, click ADSI Edit.
On the Action menu, click Connect to.
In the Connection Point area of the Connection Settings dialog box, click Select
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Expand the Configuration node, right-click the CN=Configuration... node, and then click Properties.
In the Properties dialog box, click the Security tab.
In the Group or user names section, click Add.
Type the name of the synchronization account, and then click OK.
In the Group or user names section, select the synchronization account.
In the Permissions section, select the Allow check box next to the Replicating
Directory Changes (Replicate Directory Changes on Windows Server 2003) permission, and then click OK.
Kind regards,
Bhavik K Jain
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Custom user name mapper needs external LDAP connection.

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External LDAP connection for Jive forum webcenter Discussion

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We could successfully configure external LDAP with Webcenter Discussion forum. In turns Jive forum.
Problem we are facing : It is authenticating for display name instead of actual userid.
EX:
John Paul (display name)
[email protected] (email id)
John.paul (userid)
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Error while configuring external LDAP user store with weblogic

Hi,
I have weblogic 10.3 installed and I can access weblogic admin console using weblogic (admin) user. I want to use external ldap user store to access admin console with users present in external ldap.
To do this, I have configured authentication provider and provided all the required details to connect to ldap.
For example:
Base DN: cn=admin,cn=Administrators,cn=dscc (user with which we will connect to LDAP)
User DN: ou=People,dc=test,dc=com
Group DN: ou=Groups,dc=test,dc=com
This authentication provider is set to SUFFICIENT mode. I have deleted the default authentication provider.
In the boot.properties file I have given the user name and password of the user with which LDAP instance was created something like below.
password=xxxxxxx
username=admin
Now while starting the admin weblogic server, I am getting the below error:
<Jul 25, 2012 2:22:28 PM IOT> <Critical> <Security> <BEA-090402> <Authentication denied: Boot identity not valid; The user name and/or password from the boot identity file (boot.properties) is not valid. The boot identity may have been changed since the boot identity file was created. Please edit and update the boot identity file with the proper values of username and password. The first time the updated boot identity file is used to start the server, these new values are encrypted.>
<Jul 25, 2012 2:22:28 PM IOT> <Critical> <WebLogicServer> <BEA-000386> <Server subsystem failed. Reason: weblogic.security.SecurityInitializationException: Authentication denied: Boot identity not valid; The user name and/or password from the boot identity file (boot.properties) is not valid. The boot identity may have been changed since the boot identity file was created. Please edit and update the boot identity file with the proper values of username and password. The first time the updated boot identity file is used to start the server, these new values are encrypted.
weblogic.security.SecurityInitializationException: Authentication denied: Boot identity not valid; The user name and/or password from the boot identity file (boot.properties) is not valid. The boot identity may have been changed since the boot identity file was created. Please edit and update the boot identity file with the proper values of username and password. The first time the updated boot identity file is used to start the server, these new values are encrypted.
at weblogic.security.service.CommonSecurityServiceManagerDelegateImpl.doBootAuthorization(CommonSecurityServiceManagerDelegateImpl.java:960)
at weblogic.security.service.CommonSecurityServiceManagerDelegateImpl.initialize(CommonSecurityServiceManagerDelegateImpl.java:1054)
at weblogic.security.service.SecurityServiceManager.initialize(SecurityServiceManager.java:873)
at weblogic.security.SecurityService.start(SecurityService.java:141)
at weblogic.t3.srvr.SubsystemRequest.run(SubsystemRequest.java:64)
Truncated. see log file for complete stacktrace
Caused By: javax.security.auth.login.FailedLoginException: [Security:090304]Authentication Failed: User admin javax.security.auth.login.FailedLoginException: [Security:090302]Authentication Failed: User admin denied
at weblogic.security.providers.authentication.LDAPAtnLoginModuleImpl.login(LDAPAtnLoginModuleImpl.java:261)
at com.bea.common.security.internal.service.LoginModuleWrapper$1.run(LoginModuleWrapper.java:110)
at java.security.AccessController.doPrivileged(Native Method)
at com.bea.common.security.internal.service.LoginModuleWrapper.login(LoginModuleWrapper.java:106)
at sun.reflect.NativeMethodAccessorImpl.invoke0(Native Method)
Truncated. see log file for complete stacktrace
>
<Jul 25, 2012 2:22:28 PM IOT> <Notice> <WebLogicServer> <BEA-000365> <Server state changed to FAILED>
<Jul 25, 2012 2:22:28 PM IOT> <Error> <WebLogicServer> <BEA-000383> <A critical service failed. The server will shut itself down>
<Jul 25, 2012 2:22:28 PM IOT> <Notice> <WebLogicServer> <BEA-000365> <Server state changed to FORCE_SHUTTING_DOWN>
Can anyone please suggest how to resolve this problem? If, anyone can suggest the exact steps to configure external ldap store to manage admin console via ldap users.
Regards,
Neeraj Tati.

Hi,
Please refer the below content that I found for Oracle 11g in the docs.
"If an LDAP Authentication provider is the only configured Authentication provider for a security realm, you must have the Admin role to boot WebLogic Server and use a user or group in the LDAP directory. Do one of the following in the LDAP directory:
By default in WebLogic Server, the Admin role includes the Administrators group. Create an Administrators group in the LDAP directory, if one does not already exist. Make sure the LDAP user who will boot WebLogic Server is included in the group.
The Active Directory LDAP directory has a default group called Administrators. Add the user who will be booting WebLogic Server to the Administrators group and define Group Base Distinguished Name (DN) so that the Administrators group is found.
If you do not want to create an Administrators group in the LDAP directory (for example, because the LDAP directory uses the Administrators group for a different purpose), create a new group (or use an existing group) in the LDAP directory and include the user from which you want to boot WebLogic Server in that group. In the WebLogic Administration Console, assign that group the Admin role."
Now in my LDAP directory, setup is in such a way that Administrators is a group created under following heirarchy " cn=Administrators,ou=Groups,dc=test,dc=com" and there is one user added in this Administrators group.
The problem that I am having is when I modify the Admin role in which Administrators group should be added what exaclty I should give in Admin role. Whether I should give only Administrators or full DN: cn=Administrators,ou=Groups,dc=test,dc=com ???
When i give full DN, it takes every attribute as different, i mean cn=Administrators as different and ou=Groups as different and shows a message that cn=Administrators does not exist.
Here not sure what to do.
Also if external ldap authentication provider is the only provider then I need to give the user information in boot.properties file also for weblogic to boot properly. Now, what should I give there in user? still complete DN ??
Regards,
Neeraj Tati.

Connection pool for ldap

Hi
My application is an interface to ldap directory. I have not used any ldap open source api to retrieve data from ldap. I have written connection pool that will help the application to connect to the ldap. It's working fine, but it's creating threads which are not invited.
ConnectionPool class takes care of the connection storage and creation, while Housekeeping thread relases these connection when idle after a given time.
Can someone please help in finding the problem in the code that creates additional threads.
package com.ba.cdLookup.manager;
import com.ba.cdLookup.exception.CDLookupException;
import com.ba.cdLookup.server.CdLookupProperties;
import java.util.Vector;
import javax.naming.Context;
import javax.naming.NamingException;
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         * @param connections
         *                void
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         for (int i = 0; i < numOfConn; i++) {
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         log.error(errMsg);
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         String errMsg = "CDLdapBuilder connect() - failure while releasing connection "
              + " Exception is " + e.toString();
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     String methodIdentifier = "run";
     try {
         while(true){
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          closeConnections(connList);
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         log.error(methodIdentifier + " " + ie.getStackTrace());
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import com.ba.cdLookup.exception.CDLookupException;
import com.ba.cdLookup.server.CdLookupProperties;
import com.ba.cdwebservice.schema.cdLookupPacket.LookupFailureReasons;
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import java.util.Vector;
import javax.naming.Context;
import javax.naming.NamingException;
import javax.naming.directory.DirContext;
import javax.naming.directory.InitialDirContext;
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* connection greater then the maximum connection stated.
* To retrieve a connection the singelton method getConnectionPool is to used,
* which retruns thread safe singleton object for the connection.
public class ConnectionPool implements Runnable {
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    private int maxConnections = 0;
    private boolean waitIfBusy = false;
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    private boolean connectionPending = false;
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         * classIdentifier
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         * <p>
         * loads the setup parameters from the properties file and stores them
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         * @throws CDLookupException
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     this.initialConnections = CdLookupProperties.getInitialConnection();
     this.waitIfBusy = CdLookupProperties.isWaitIfBusy();
     this.searchBase = CdLookupProperties.getDefaultSearchBase();
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//      this.maxConnections = 5;
//      this.initialConnections = 1;
//      this.waitIfBusy = true;
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         * (initialConnections > maxConnections) { initialConnections =
         * maxConnections; }
     availableConnections = new Vector(maxConnections);
     busyConnections = new Vector(maxConnections);
     for (int i = 0; i < maxConnections; i++) {
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         *         instance of ConnectionPool class
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         *         class.
         * @throws CDLookupException
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         if (connectionPool == null) {
          connectionPool = new ConnectionPool();
          new Thread(connectionPool).start();
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          HouseKeeperThread.getInstance().start();
         return connectionPool;
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         * @return ConnectionPool
         * @throws CDLookupException
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         * there is no available connections in the pool then it'll try to
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         * reaches then this waits to retrieve one.
         * @return Context
         * @throws CDLookupException
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         int connectionSize = availableConnections.size() - 1;
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         availableConnections.remove(connectionSize);
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                 * out), then remove it from available list and repeat the
                 * process of obtaining a connection. Also wake up threads that
                 * were waiting for a connection because maxConnection limit was
                 * reached.
         if (existingConnection == null) {
          notifyAll(); // Freed up a spot for anybody waiting
          return (getConnection());
         } else {
          busyConnections.add(existingConnection);
          return (existingConnection);
     } else {
                 * Three possible cases: 1) You haven't reached maxConnections
                 * limit. So establish one in the background if there isn't
                 * already one pending, then wait for the next available
                 * connection (whether or not it was the newly established one).
                 * 2) You reached maxConnections limit and waitIfBusy flag is
                 * false. Throw SQLException in such a case. 3) You reached
                 * maxConnections limit and waitIfBusy flag is true. Then do the
                 * same thing as in second part of step 1: wait for next
                 * available connection.
         if ((totalConnections() < maxConnections) && !connectionPending) {
          makeBackgroundConnection();
         } else if (!waitIfBusy) {
          throw new CDLookupException("Connection limit reached", 0);
                 * Wait for either a new connection to be established (if you
                 * called makeBackgroundConnection) or for an existing
                 * connection to be freed up.
         try {
          wait();
         } catch (InterruptedException ie) {
          String errMsg = "Exception raised =" + ie.getStackTrace();
          log.error(errMsg);
          throw new CDLookupException(classIdentifier, methodIdentifier,
               errMsg, ie);
         // connection freed up, so try again.
         return (getConnection());
         * You can't just make a new connection in the foreground when none are
         * available, since this can take several seconds with a slow network
         * connection. Instead, start a thread that establishes a new
         * connection, then wait. You get woken up either when the new
         * connection is established or if someone finishes with an existing
         * connection.
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     connectionPending = true;
     try {
         Thread connectThread = new Thread(this);
         log.debug("background thread created");
         connectThread.start();
     } catch (OutOfMemoryError oome) {
         log.error("makeBackgroundConnection ="+ oome.getStackTrace());
         * Thread run method
    public void run() {
     String methodIdentifier = "run";
     try {
         Context connection = makeNewConnection();
         synchronized (this) {
          availableConnections.add(connection);
          connectionPending = false;
          notifyAll();
     } catch (Exception e) { // SQLException or OutOfMemory
         // Give up on new connection and wait for existing one
         // to free up.
         String errMsg = "Exception raised =" + e.getStackTrace();
         log.error(errMsg);
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         * initializing the ConnectionPool, and called in the background when
         * running.
         * @return Context
         * @throws CDLookupException
    private Context makeNewConnection() throws CDLookupException {
     String methodIdentifier = "makeNewConnection";
     Context context = null;
     env = new Properties();
     log.debug("inside " + methodIdentifier);
     try {
         env.put(Context.INITIAL_CONTEXT_FACTORY,
              getVendorContextFactoryClass());
         env.put(Context.PROVIDER_URL, getLdapServerUrl());
         env.put("com.sun.jndi.ldap.connect.pool", "true");
         context = new InitialDirContext(env);
     } catch (NamingException e) {
         String errMsg = "CDLdapBuilder connect() - failure while attempting to contact "
              + ldapServerUrl + " Exception is " + e.toString();
         throw new CDLookupException(classIdentifier, methodIdentifier,
              errMsg, e, LookupFailureReasons.serviceUnavailable);
     } catch (Exception e) {
         String errMsg = "CDLdapBuilder connect() - failure while attempting to contact "
              + ldapServerUrl + " Exception is " + e.toString();
         throw new CDLookupException(classIdentifier, methodIdentifier,
              errMsg, e, LookupFailureReasons.serviceUnavailable);
     log.info("new connection :" + (threadCount++) + " name =" + context);
     log.debug("exit " + methodIdentifier);
     return context;
         * releases connection to the free pool
         * @param context
    public synchronized void free(Context context) {
     busyConnections.remove(context);
     availableConnections.add(context);
     // Wake up threads that are waiting for a connection
     notifyAll();
         * @return int give total no of avail connections.
    public synchronized int totalConnections() {
     return (availableConnections.size() + busyConnections.size());
         * Close all the connections. Use with caution: be sure no connections
         * are in use before calling. Note that you are not <I>required</I> to
         * call this when done with a ConnectionPool, since connections are
         * guaranteed to be closed when garbage collected. But this method gives
         * more control regarding when the connections are closed.
    public synchronized void closeAllConnections() {
     closeConnections(availableConnections);
     availableConnections = new Vector();
     closeConnections(busyConnections);
     busyConnections = new Vector();
         * Close all connections existing.
         * @param connections
         *                void
    private void closeConnections(Vector connections) {
     String methodIdentifier = "closeConnections";
     try {
         for (int i = 0; i < connections.size(); i++) {
          Context context = (Context) connections.get(i);
          if (context != null) {
              log.info(" connection name:" + context
                   + " removed. Threadcount =" + (threadCount++));
              context.close();
              context = null;
     } catch (NamingException e) {
         String errMsg = "CDLdapBuilder connect() - failure while attempting to contact "
              + ldapServerUrl + " Exception is " + e.toString();
         log.error(errMsg);
    public synchronized String toString() {
     String info = "ConnectionPool(" + getLdapServerUrl() + ","
          + getVendorContextFactoryClass() + ")" + ", available="
          + availableConnections.size() + ", busy="
          + busyConnections.size() + ", max=" + maxConnections;
     return (info);
         * @return the defaultSearchBase
    public final String getDefaultSearchBase() {
     return defaultSearchBase;
         * @param defaultSearchBase
         *                the defaultSearchBase to set
    public final void setDefaultSearchBase(String defaultSearchBase) {
     this.defaultSearchBase = defaultSearchBase;
         * @return the ldapServerUrl
    public final String getLdapServerUrl() {
     return ldapServerUrl;
         * @param ldapServerUrl
         *                the ldapServerUrl to set
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     this.ldapServerUrl = ldapServerUrl;
         * @return the vendorContextFactoryClass
    public final String getVendorContextFactoryClass() {
     return vendorContextFactoryClass;
         * @param vendorContextFactoryClass
         *                the vendorContextFactoryClass to set
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         String vendorContextFactoryClass) {
     this.vendorContextFactoryClass = vendorContextFactoryClass;
     * @return the availableConnections
    public final Vector getAvailableConnections() {
        return availableConnections;
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Hi,
As the connection pool implmentation has the bug of not extending more than the min size, workaround I use is MIN_CONN=100 and MAX_CONN=101,and just waiting for the bug to get fixed. (using Netscape SDK for java4.0)

Connect an external monitor

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Server App not seeing external LDAP users & groups

I have a clean 10.8.2 + Server install set up with our standard external LDAP directory (Novell's eDirectory in our case) configuration that is known to support Lion & Mountain Lion client LDAP authentication. With this same configuration on OS X 10.8.2 Server both Directory Utility and WGM can see all the LDAP users and groups as expected.
When I look for the external users & groups in the LDAP domain under the Server App "Accounts" heading I cannot see any entries in either users or groups lists. Should I be able to or is this a Server App quirk?
I can add individual LDAP users to a local group and enable access to individual services. How can I give access to services to all LDAP users without having to build & maintain a massive "All LDAP Users" local group?
Is there a published list of required LDAP attributes for users & groups for Mountain Lion Server? I suspect there are new requirements over and above those for 10.6 server but I have failed to find a good reference. I've noticed I get different behaviours for LDAP templates that includes a mapping for GeneratedUID to one which does not for example.
This is all so much more opaque than our superbly reliable Snow Leopard servers!
TIA

Ok, and again:
You want to see Users and Groups , which are stored in an third Party directory service like OpenLDAP, in your Server.app? This is what you have to do:
Connect the third party ldap to your server
Have all your external LDAP entries made so you can see them in the Workgroup Manager and are able to Login with them
When you see your LDAP-entry in the Directory Manager, change it from "From Server" to "RFC2307"
Edit the entry, add the following mapping to it:GeneratedUUID maps to apple-generateduuid
To your group and user entries in the external LDAP add the follwing attribute:apple-generateduuid gets the value taken from the output of "uuidgen"
Feel lucky
And there ist ist; now you are able to use The accounts taken from an external LDAP.

I am connecting an external USB HDD and I can see it on my Apple Macbook Air. BUT this drive is READ only. How can I write to it?

I am connecting an external USB HDD and I can see it on my Apple Macbook Air. BUT this drive is READ only. How can I write to it?

Drive Partition and Format
1.Open Disk Utility in your Utilities folder.
2. After DU loads select your hard drive (this is the entry with the mfgr.'s ID and size) from the left side list. Click on the Partition tab in the DU main window.
3. Under the Volume Scheme heading set the number of partitions from the drop down menu to one. Click on the Options button, set the partition scheme to GUID then click on the OK button. Set the format type to Mac OS Extended (Journaled.) Click on the Partition button and wait until the process has completed.
4. Select the volume you just created (this is the sub-entry under the drive entry) from the left side list. Click on the Erase tab in the DU main window.
5. Set the format type to Mac OS Extended (Journaled.) Click on the Security button, check the button for Zero Data and click on OK to return to the Erase window.
6. Click on the Erase button. The format process can take up to several hours depending upon the drive size.
Steps 4-6 are optional but should be used on a drive that has never been formatted before, if the format type is not Mac OS Extended, if the partition scheme has been changed, or if a different operating system (not OS X) has been installed on the drive.

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I'm using the following software:
Iplanet Directory Server v5
Weblogic Application Server v6
Weblogic Commerce v3.5
I need to configure Weblogic Commerce Server to use Iplanet Directory Server directory
services. How do I do that?
I have a couple of questions related to this:
1) As Weblogic Commerce Server runs on top of Weblogic v6, does it mean that to
use an external LDAP server, I need to configure weblogic v6 to do that and not
Weblogic Commerce Server?
2) Whatever may be the case above, how do I do that?
3) config.xml (weblogic application server v6) contains information that needs
to be modified to point to an external JNDI source provider but what information
do I need to modify?
I'd really appreciate if someone can help me out here. Thanks!

"JP" <[email protected]> wrote in message news:[email protected]..
Hi,
I'm looking for someone who has used the Lotus LDAP server for WLP7
authentication.
I connect my portal to the Domino LDAP, User and Groups are working
fine, but the membership of a user to a group is not.
I assume that it's related to the parameters I use (especially the
membership.filter ?):
"user.filter=(&(uid=%u)(objectclass=person));
user.dn=O=Apac;
membership.filter=(&(uniquemember=%M)(objectclass=groupOfNames));
group.filter=(&(cn=%g)(objectclass=groupOfNames));
server.host=jpgal01.apac.bea.com;
group.dn="
Any help would be appreciate, because I just don't where to look for.
Try setting the com.netscape.ldap.trace property.
\* When -D command line option is used, defining the property with
* no value will send the trace output to the standard error. If the
* value is defined, it is assumed to be the name of an output file.
* If the file name is prefixed with a '+' character, the file is
* opened in append mode.
This will create a ldap trace file of the requests that WLS is making on the
LDAP server. You can then see
where the filters are not returning the correct value for the group
membership.

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I have a 13" Macbook Pro (OS 10.6.7, 2.4 GHz Intel, NVIDIA GeForce 320M) that is freezing up when connected to an external monitor or projector. The monitor or projector works fine when initially connected, but after an hour or so of use, both screens will suddenly turn grey or black and the computer is totally unresponsive (the sleep light is not on). I have to do a hard shut down using the power button. This problem only occures when connected to a monitor / projector.
This freeze up happens in various use cases; watching a movie, web surfing, editing docs, or even when i'm away from the computer, it seems entirely random.
I'm connecting to a Dell U2711 external monitor using a HDMI cable. I've tried 3 different HDMI cables / adaptors, so I'm pretty sure it's not the cable that's the problem. The problem also occures when connected to an Epson Powerlite HD 705 projector (again using HDMI)
I've called Applecare and run a Hardware Test (no issues found), I've also re-installed the operating system and ran all updates. The problem still occures.
Idea ideas on what's wrong?

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In terminal:
Enable: sudo nvram boot-args="niog=1"
To undo: sudo nvram -d boot-args
This works brilliantly!
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Hi,
I have configured ActiveDirectoryAunthenticator to link to my external LDAP
provider. I am trying to fetch some properties/attributes related to the
profile such as company and other contact details.
I have not configured UUP as Im using weblogic's default user store.
Now, when I access "com.bea.p13n.controls.profile.UserProfileControl", to
fetch the properties I get null values.
Is there some other configuration required ?
Please let me know the solution or the approach.
Thanks in advance ,
Regards,
Arun

Hi Arun
Migration of data is possible
Export the data from external server and import into your domain server
Here is the steps
To export and import security data:
1.     Expand the Security-->Realms nodes.
2.     Click the name of the realm you are configuring (for example, TestRealm).
3.     Click the Migration-->Export tab.
4.     Specify the directory and filename in which to export the security data in
the Export Directory on Server attribute.
Note: You can specify a directory and file location on another server.
5.     Click Export.
6.     Expand the Realms node.
7.     Click the name of the security realm in which the security data is to be imported.
8.     Click the Migration-->Import tab.
9.     Specify the directory location and file name of the file that contains the
exported security data in the Import Directory on Server attribute.
10.     Click Import.
To verify the security data was imported correctly:
1.     Expand the Security-->Realms nodes.
2.     Click the name of the realm into which the security data was imported.
3.     Click Users.
4.     Users from the security realm from which you exported the security data should
appear in the Users table.
Cheers
Surya
"Arun A.G." <[email protected]> wrote:
Hi,
I have configured ActiveDirectoryAunthenticator to link to my external
LDAP
provider. I am trying to fetch some properties/attributes related to
the
profile such as company and other contact details.
I have not configured UUP as Im using weblogic's default user store.
Now, when I access "com.bea.p13n.controls.profile.UserProfileControl",
to
fetch the properties I get null values.
Is there some other configuration required ?
Please let me know the solution or the approach.
Thanks in advance ,
Regards,
Arun

RoleMapper with an external LDAP

Dear friends,
We use an external LDAP to store information related to users, groups and roles. We have managed to configure an out of box LDAP Authenticator within our realm for authentication. We wanted some guidance on configuring or writing RoleMapper.
1) What is good practise in terms of storing and managing roles? Is it a common practise to store roles in an external LDAP or do people use Admin console to created roles within the embedded LDAP? The advantage with the Embedded LDAP is definitely that you could use out of the box RoleMapper and the disadvantage is that we could not extend LDAP schema to store hierarchical roles.
2) If we store and manage roles in an external LDAP store, the same one where we store users and groups, could we still use the out of the box role mapper? If not, could someone provide a sample role mapper that uses an external LDAP store.
3) Why WebLogic doesn't provide an out of the box Role Mapper that connects to an external LDAP?

All Users Filter: (&(&(uid=*)(objectclass=person))(!(quitdate=*)))
User From Name Filter: (&(&(uid=%u)(objectclass=person))(!(quitdate=*)))
User Name Attribute: uid
Here you're configuring that uid is the key of your users in OID. And in your case user A and B has the same uid, so the webcenter can login using user B, but when realize a search uid=jack ldap returns the first one.
Make any sense for you?
Hope that I help you

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