Under Sun Directory Server, is phpLDAPadmin needed?

We use Sun Directory Server 6.3. Do we need phpLDAPadmin? What are the advantages and disadvantages to use?
Thank you in advance!

As far as I know, PLA is just a web app that provides you an LDAP client interface, as well as Apache Directory Studio.
You do not needed any LDAP client interface to administer Sun Directory Server 6.3, in theory (and if you like) you have all the available options via command line (dsadm, dsconf, ldapsearch/ldapmodify), but of course a GUI is something that may ease your tasks.
Personally I can't see any specific advantages or disadvantages in using a given interface instead of another: it depends on which one fits better to your needs.
regards,
marco

Similar Messages

Is Sun Directory Server free to use

Hello, everyone:
I am evaluating the Sun directory server 6 (DSEE) for one government project. And from some news, I heard that Sun had made its server product free of use and only charge the fees for support. Is that ture?
Thanks.

Hi eviladmin, the licensing is a bit hard to decode but it only indicates that you need to buy an entitlement if you want service and support from Sun.
So here are the pieces that outline this from the license file when you download DSEE:
A. ENTITLEMENT for SOFTWARE. Capitalized terms not defined
in this Entitlement have the meanings ascribed to them in
the SLA (attached below as Section B). These terms will
supersede any inconsistent or conflicting terms in the SLA.
Licensee ("You"): The entity receiving the Software from
Sun.
Effective Date: Date You receive the Software.
License Term: Perpetual (subject to termination under the
SLA).
Licensed Unit: Software Copy.
Licensed Unit Count: Unlimited.
Permitted Uses: You may reproduce and use the Software
internally for Your own Individual, Commercial, Service
Provider, or Research and Instructional Use, subject to and
conditioned on Your compliance with the Additional Terms
below.
Additional Terms:
3. If You would like to purchase Service for the Software,
You must first purchase a separate Entitlement to the
Software. Sun will not provide Service to You for Software
provided under this Entitlement. You may, however, purchase
support under this Entitlement for Solaris 10, Sun
Management Center, Sun Studio, Java Studio Enterprise, Java
Studio Creator, and Netbeans IDE.
Hope that helps clarify this better.

Provisioning Sun directory Server to a User in OIM

I am learning a OIM tool since 2 months, I could not able to do provisioning sun directory server to a user in OIM, the error is I am not getting the value for Organization DN. I am using ODSEE 11.1.1.5.0 and OIM 11.1.1.5.0. I have followed below steps
1. Copy Connector and External Code Files.
2. Configure Oracle Identity Manager Server.
3. Import an Oracle Identity Manager Connector.
4. Define an IT Resource.
5. Create a User.
6. Assign the Connector to a User.
Please anyone suggest me solution for this problem.

Hi,
You need to run organization lookup reconciliation first then select value in the process form.
If you are getting particular error, paste error messages from console?
Regards,
Raghav.

Can't print under Tomcat but no problem under sun application server 8!

Hi,
I am rather puzzle by the fact that a programme written by me using all the print api and printable implementation when being called by the JSF page is capable of being successfullly print out when being deployed under sun application server 8 but got hang or met with no response when the same war file generated by the JSC 2 is being deployed onto Tomcat 5.17 .
Was it due to some missing jar file or api , I really have no idea at all
Any suggestion please ?
Thank

Hi,
I got rather stupid question to ask regarding the font size.
if I got a font size of 10, I know it is only refering to the height in pixel , my problem start when I need to know , how many characters can I print across in a A4 size paper. The pixel point is 1/72 of an inch, it is vertical .
Is there any formula that I can use to determine how many characters per inch that particular font is supposed to print?
Suggestion that I received is to use trial and error method.
Thank

Sun Directory Server and OID Synchronization

I'm having a problem with synchronizing OID with our existing Sun Directory Server. This is a one way synchronization, using Sun DS as the source, and OID as the destination. I've successfully installed OID with SSL enabled (this is part of an Oracle Portal installation), and followed what docs I could find. I created an integration profile based off the iPlanet Import profile, and imported a custom mapping profile based off a differing DIT naming convention (o=company.com vs dc=company,dc=com). I have applied an ACI that should allow the synchronization profile user to update entries on the OID side, and a user in Sun DS that has access to the appropriate areas on that side. I was able to successfully bootstrap and import all of our users, and it was also able modify the last changelog number.
Having said all of that, incremental changes aren't propagating to OID. I'm not sure where to look or what steps to take to troubleshoot this, as I'm brand new to OID. There's an agent execution command that is blank in the integration profile, but according to what I've found that's the default and is acceptable.
Am I missing a step here? According to the docs, all I need to do is enable the profile, and away it goes.
One last thing I had to do to overcome an issue with the changelog number not updating was adding our internal root ca's certificate to the local JVM's cacerts file. I accomplished this with the keytool command, and it seemed to work fine. I'm unsure if it's the SSL config that is hosed and is causing this, or if it's a configuration parameter I'm missing.. but I don't have anywhere to start as far as troubleshooting is concerned.

On your integration profile, did you set the debug level to 63? You should have a _____.aud and a _____.trc file in your $ORACLE_HOME/ldap/odi/log directory that will provide more info. Did you start your DIP server (odisrv) with the oidctl command?
You might also look at downloading the "diptester" utility for troubleshooting OID synchronization issues.
- Brian

Sun Directory Server Password Policy Problems

Hi,
I am using Sun Directory Server and Sun AM (2005Q1).
We are using SUN DS to configure the password policy to expire user passwords after 30 days.
Also, the warning has been set to "one day before expiry". However, when the warning IS displayed to the user and the user changes his/her password on display of the warning, even though the user's password expiration timestamp attribute contains a new timestamp (which is 30 days hence the date of change), on next login user is AGAIN thrown the warning that his/her password will expire in "HH hours: MM mins".
I do not understand what needs to be done to fix this. Any help would be appreciated.

How is the user authenticated ? Through Access Manager or directly to the Directory Server ?
Access Manager can be configured to handle Password expiration, and so can Directory Server. I would advise you to check which system is actually throwing the warning.
Regards,
Ludovic

Sun Directory Server giving errors during installion

Hi,
Iam new to the LDAP world.
Iam trying to install, a Sun Directory Server on windows platform.
Iam using the zipped package of the installation.
While installing , the error i encounterd is as follows:
Error: dsccsetup failed.
Please help in installing the server.
Thanks

Hi.
We need more info to help you. Which version are you trying to install (6.0 / 6.1 / 6.2) ? Which command are you running ? Can you give all the output not only the error ?
Regards,
Carole.

Sun Directory Server Windows Version

Hi,
I am in need of Sun Directory Server 5.2 ( Windows Version ), as I am planning for upgrade to 11g.
Is there any way I can get it?
Thanks. JPrince

Thank You Marco for the response.
Yes, I understand that it is not available, however i am expecting if someone has it on their workstation, and could send it via bigfiles etc. If I dont get any response, surely i will try to reach out to support team.
JPrince.

Error installing OAM against Sun Directory Server 6.3: No such object (32)

Hi folks,
I'm getting error installing OAM 10.1.4.3.0 (Linux, 64 bit) against Sun Directory Server 6.3. I've followed Oracle troubleshooting doc (http://download.oracle.com/docs/cd/E15217_01/doc.1014/e12493/trouble.htm#BABBAAFH), and replaced every occurrence of cn=userRoot with cn=my_company_name inside iPlanet5_oblix_index_add.ldif. I still get the same error "ldapmodify: No such object (32)" for every entry in the file. Has someone managed to get it to work?
Thank you, Roman

Hi folks,
I got it to work, here're the steps:
1. After loading the schema file, follow the article (http://download.oracle.com/docs/cd/E15217_01/doc.1014/e12493/trouble.htm#BABBAAFH, not the doc 552157.1 as it states incorrect info, sorry
Notoriuos) to edit the index file (iPlanet5_oblix_index_add.ldif) and replace all occurrences of "userRoot" with "your_company_name" (which is your ldap suffix without the c=us part as in
o=your_company_name, c=us) using vi command:
:%s/userRoot/your_company_name/g
2. run ldapadd (not ldapmodify! as all but the one last object listed on the dn: line might already exist under cn=config), here's example:
$ ldapadd -x -h your_ldap_host -p your_port -c -f IdentityServer_install_dir/identity/oblix/data.ldap/common/iPlanet5_oblix_index_add.ldif -D "cn=directory manager" -w directory_manager_passwd
3. If done right, you should see smth like this:
adding new entry "cn=obactionname,............... per every entry in the index file
HTH
Roman

Problem with Sun Directory Server 6.0 Console

Hi,
I posted same onto wrong forum earlier hope I am in correct place :).
I have installed Sun Directory server on my Sparc box and now I am unable to start the management console. I followed some instruction on net and it say we have to refister the product using folowing command from dscc6/bin folder for installation
System SnapShot_
# ./dsccsetup initialize
DSCC Application is already registered
DSCC Agent is already registered
Choose password for Directory Service Manager:
Confirm password for Directory Service Manager:
Creating DSCC registry...
DSCC Registry has been created successfully
*and it suppose to be started on https://Ip_address:6789 but its not. Can any one please tell me how to start the admn console to manage my directory server effectively.
Note: I have already started the instance I have created during the installation using slapd-start script and its running successfully.
Thanks,
Sheeraz

NOOOOO :( ..... Now i can see the login page.,.. Thanks mate.... Now when I am trying to log in using the UserName and Password I have supplied during the installation process (Sun Directory Server) it says Authentication failed.????
This looks like a general webconsole... do I need to provide an specific URL for diretory server page ?????

Sun Directory Serve and AIX

I want to Integrate AIX an HPUX in an SUN Ldap Enviroment.
I ve got a SUN LDAP Directory Server 5.2 P4 on Windows2003 Enterprise Server.
My Question: How can I get the Schema LDIF files with the attributes an objektclasses in a LDIF Format to
include it to my LDAP Server. So that i can Integrate Users an logon to my AIX with authenticating by the Sun LDAP Server.
I need only the Schema files with Objectcalsses an Attributes!!!!!

On your integration profile, did you set the debug level to 63? You should have a _____.aud and a _____.trc file in your $ORACLE_HOME/ldap/odi/log directory that will provide more info. Did you start your DIP server (odisrv) with the oidctl command?
You might also look at downloading the "diptester" utility for troubleshooting OID synchronization issues.
- Brian

Sun Directory Server Installation

Hi all,
I am a student in a Computer Science degree and as my project i am designing a web application that allows users to exchange ideas through a "messaging" system.
After discussion with my tutors we have come up with a design idea that we would use an LDAP server to authenticate users as well as keep message details such as Topic, message header, etc. The actual body of the msg should be kept in a separate database.
To the point....
It has been suggested that i use the Sun Java System Directory Server 5.2 for this project and i was also given a compressed installation package. I have tried to install this and received error msgs similar to the ones i have found others have had in this forum.
For example topics:
1. Forums - Directory Server configuration issues in Windows
2. Forums - Install failed on Windows XP
I am using windows XP and from what i have read although it is not supported some people have managed to get this to work. Also i read that maybe Studio enterprise might solve this issue or provide some support?
Is this true and if so can someone give me some guidance on how to achieve this?
Also i would appreciate your opinion on wether this design approach( LDAP for authentication and database for store) is feasible or technicaly "correct" and maybe suggestions to a different approach....

I think that its never a bad idea to get acquainted with something like the Sun Directory Server although I'm not sure that means that one HAS to use it in a project.
The DS can be a pain to get up but for the most part if you get the latest DS5.2 Q4 or something...most installations go smoothly. If it was me I would just chuck every thing about the convo into the directory but I'm sure that there's a reason that you want to use the DS in conjuction with other storage DBs.
I don't think you need to get Studio enterprise. I was able to get it up and running all by itself on windows. After I installed it I jsut made sure to remember the two random ports it picks up for Admin and DS ldap usage. Also I changed the password expiry time of the account that is used by the Admin console.
GLuck with this.
Cheers,
- Pulkit

Error while migrating to Sun Directory Server 6.0

Hi All,
I am trying to migrate the Sun One Directory Server 5.2 to Sun Directory Server 6.0. I am getting the following error
bash-3.2# ./dsmig migrate-config /var/Sun/mps/slapd-circb2bld3/ /var/SunDirectoryServer6.0/dsInst/
Launching Configuration Migration of server instance /var/Sun/mps/slapd-circb2bld3 .....
Enter the certificate database password:
Starting server instance /var/SunDirectoryServer6.0/dsInst ..... Instance /var/SunDirectoryServer6.0/dsInst is already running (ns-slapd pid is 3868)
Enter "cn=Directory Manager" password:
Connecting to server localhost:389 .....
Could not bind securely on "localhost:389".
Remote host closed connection during handshake
Details: SSL peer shut down incorrectly
Could not create context for configuration migration.
Operation "migrate-config" failed.
Please help me.

Please stop
The migration guide has step by step instructions, including command line examples, are you using that as your reference?
Your upgrade should be to (at a minimum) DSEE 6.3.1.1.1. Upgrading to 6.0 is upgrading to a release level that has no patches or fixes to the product. There are significant fixes to the migration command line tools. There is a good chance you will run into issues.
You should install and review migration to ODSEE 11.1.1.7.0 (which would effectively be the 7.2 release of the DS).
There is a specific guide for migration and upgrade, which includes migration from DS 5.2 to 11.x
The full documentation collection for 11.1.1.7.0 is here
http://docs.oracle.com/cd/E29127_01/index.htm
The specific migration guide is here
http://docs.oracle.com/cd/E29127_01/doc.111170/e28971/toc.htm
See: Part II Migrating from ODSEE 5.2 to ODSEE 11g Release 1 (11.1.1.7.0)
ODSEE 11.1.1.7.0 can be downloaded from here.
http://www.oracle.com/technetwork/middleware/downloads/oid-11g-161194.html

Migration from iplanet webserver to Sun Directory Server

Hi,
I have Oracle Iplanet WebServer Enterprise edition V6.0 SP2 in my dev environment. I would want to migrate the system to Sun Java System Directory Server V6.0. I have looked up the migration guide for Sun DS V6.0. But i could not find any reference to Iplanet WebServers.
Can anybody please let me know the migration procedure for migrating from Iplanet Server to Sun Directory server.
Any help would be appreicated
Thank you
Nowfal

Please ignore this question since we have dropped the plan to migrate, instead set a new DS instance from the beginning

Installation/Config Problem with Sun Directory Server Control Center (6.0)

Hi All,
I have recently attempted an installation of Sun Directory Server EE 6.0 on a x86 Solaris 10 machine.
I have selected to install Core Directory Server and Sun Directory Server Control Center with my installation.
After installation, if I check the status of the SUNDSCC, I receive the following message:
bash-3.00# ./dsccsetup status
DSCC Application is not installed
DSCC Agent is registered in Cacao
DSCC Registry has been created
Path of DSCC registry is /var/opt/SUNWdsee/dscc6/dcc/ads
Port of DSCC registry is 3998
I have also tried to re-start the Sun Java Web Console using the /usr/sbin/smcwebserver start command but that does not do anything.
If i try to initialize the SUNDSCC usin the ./dsccsetup initialize command, the registry got created, but it still displays as "application not installed".
I do not understand. I have already installed this application using the JES installer.
please help!
Regards,
Saahil Goel

I had a similar issue. Here is how I fixed it.
Run dsccsetup status with the -v option. it will show you where it is trying to find the DSCC Application. Then do a find on your system to see where it is actually installed. Then simply copy it over to where dsccsetup is looking for it. Then do dsccsetup initialize. Below is what it looked like on my system when I did it:
# ./dsccsetup status -v
## /usr/sbin/smreg is present
## /usr/sbin/smcwebserver is present
## /opt/server/sun/dscc6/dccapp is MISSING
DSCC Application is not installed
## /opt/sun/cacao/bin/cacaoadm is present
## /opt/server/sun/dscc6/lib/jar/nquickmodule.jar is present
## Running /opt/sun/cacao/bin/cacaoadm list-modules -r
DSCC Agent is registered in Cacao
## Running /opt/sun/cacao/bin/cacaoadm status
## Running /opt/sun/cacao/bin/cacaoadm list-modules
## Running /opt/sun/cacao/bin/cacaoadm get-param network-bind-address
## Running /opt/sun/cacao/bin/cacaoadm get-param jmxmp-connector-port
## /opt/server/sun/ds6/bin/dsadm is present
DSCC Registry has been created
Path of DSCC registry is /var/opt/sun/dscc6/dcc/ads
Port of DSCC registry is 3998
# find / -name dccapp
/opt/server/dscc6/dccapp
# cp -R /opt/server/dscc6 /opt/server/sun
# ./dsccsetup dismantle
DSCC Application is not registered in Sun Java(TM) Web Console
Unregistering DSCC Agent from Cacao...
Deleting DSCC Registry...
All server registrations will be definitively erased.
Existing server instances will not be modified.
Do you really want to delete the DSCC Registry ? [y/n]y
Server stopped
DSCC Registry has been deleted successfully
# ./dsccsetup initialize
Registering DSCC Application in Sun Java(TM) Web Console
This operation is going to stop Sun Java(TM) Web Console.
Do you want to continue ? [y,n] y
Stopping Sun Java(TM) Web Console...
Registration is on-going. Please wait...
DSCC is registered in Sun Java(TM) Web Console
Restarting Sun Java(TM) Web Console
Please wait : this may take several seconds...
Sun Java(TM) Web Console restarted successfully
Registering DSCC Agent in Cacao...
Checking Cacao status...
Deploying DSCC agent in Cacao...
DSCC agent has been successfully registered in Cacao.
Choose password for Directory Service Manager:
Confirm password for Directory Service Manager:
Creating DSCC registry...
DSCC Registry has been created successfully
Hope this helps.

Under Sun Directory Server, is phpLDAPadmin needed?

Similar Messages

Maybe you are looking for