Viewing Layouts on Remote/Testing Server

This is a beginner question.
I'm trying to view Layouts and/or Content Holders on the Remote/Testing Server out of Dreamweaver so I can edit them independently, but I just get 404 messages.
When I create a new page in BC, I am prompted for a Page Title which subsequently creates a Page URL and File name. The Page URL by default has no extension. The File Name has an extension.
If I view that new page on the Remote Server I get a 404 message. If I edit the Page URL to include the File Name extension, I have no problem on the Remote Server.
Now for example: In File Manager I have the following directory structures:
http://www.MySite.com/_System/ContentHolders/layout.html
http://www.MySite.com/Layouts/SystemMessages/SecureZoneAccessDenied-CA.html
Why is it that I can't view these pages on the Remote Server?
Is BC creating a default URL for these Layout pages that isn't the same as the file name it gives them? or no URL at all?
Thanks,
Cam

Hey there. Those are not pages. They are system generated layouts and for content holders only render when the module issued for that content holderin a pager template.
Ile extensionsyouseefor these are needed to work via FTP and understnd HTML formatting etc.
Zone access denied is a system message and will render when you create a login and enter a incorrect password.
Actual pages do not need agile extension.
Loin into the admins floor around. Look and pages, system layouts and templates, apply templates to pages. get a feel of things there as well to help get abetted understanding.
Also check out the links from the main page oftheseforums to theknowledgebaseto read through things as you need them.

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Configuring remote/testing server

Hello Adobe users!
I am currently creating an e-commerce website (I'll be
creating .asp pages) for my year-end project, and I want to
configure my Dreamweaver CS3 in order to have a remote/testing
server folder (so that I can preview the pages). I'm using my home
PC to create this website, and I'm currently using Windows Vista
Business (32-bit).
Do you guys have any idea how to configure my home PC (either
through installation of third-party softwares, or through
configuration of my network) so that my remote/testing server
folder works? I'll also need help on the URL prefix configuration.
Please try to keep your instructions simple, because I'm not
exactly good with complex terms.

First, see if Internet Information Server is installed on
your computer (do
you have an Inetpub directory in the top level of your C
drive?). It is not
installed by default on XP and I'm pretty sure it's probably
not with Vista
either. If it's not, you'll install it by going to Start/Set
Program Access
and Defaults/Add/Remove Windows Components with your Vista CD
in the drive.
In the ensuing menu, select Internet Information Server and
it will install
for you. Open your browser and type in
http://localhost to see if the
default IIS page comes up .. if it does, the server is
working. If not, in
your Control Panel, go to Administrative Tools/Services and
see if World
Wide Web Publishing is running .. you may need to start the
server.
ASP should be configured by default or at least it was in XP.
Once done,
you have a testing server on the computer which you access at
http://localhost/nameofsite
and you put your files for the given site in the
C:\Inetpub\wwwroot\nameofsite folder. You will probably need
to use Windows
Explorer to give the proper permissions to your site by
clicking on the site
folder in Explorer, right clicking Properties, clicking
Security and giving
the IUSR_ComputerName (Internet Guest User) permissions to
read, write and
execute in order to get the functionality to work.
Once all that is done, you use the Testing Server tab of the
Site Definition
to set the path to your files on the testing server, specify
ASP as the
server model and use
http://localhost/nameofsite/
as the testing URL.
HTH,
Nancy
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> Hello Adobe users!
>
> I am currently creating an e-commerce website (I'll be
creating .asp
> pages)
> for my year-end project, and I want to configure my
Dreamweaver CS3 in
> order to
> have a remote/testing server folder (so that I can
preview the pages). I'm
> using my home PC to create this website, and I'm
currently using Windows
> Vista
> Business (32-bit).
>
> Do you guys have any idea how to configure my home PC
(either through
> installation of third-party softwares, or through
configuration of my
> network)
> so that my remote/testing server folder works? I'll also
need help on the
> URL
> prefix configuration.
>
> Please try to keep your instructions simple, because I'm
not exactly good
> with
> complex terms.
>

Put files... local- remote test- remote production

Using DW 8, i can't get my local files to be put to the
remote test server. They go directly to the remote production
server. The test and production sites are on different servers.
Ideally i would like to be able to put to the test server, review
the changes, and then put the files from the test server to the
production server. Is this possible to go from local to test, then
test to production?
Please let me know if this is possible and how to do this. Or
point me to any documentation that may cover this exact
issue.

It is possible to go from local to test. And from local to
remote.
If you want to go from test to remote, you'll have to create
a second site
definition with the test folder as the local root.
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> Using DW 8, i can't get my local files to be put to the
remote test
> server.
> They go directly to the remote production server. The
test and production
> sites are on different servers. Ideally i would like to
be able to put to
> the
> test server, review the changes, and then put the files
from the test
> server to
> the production server. Is this possible to go from local
to test, then
> test to
> production?
>
> Please let me know if this is possible and how to do
this. Or point me to
> any
> documentation that may cover this exact issue.
>

Remote and Testing Server FTP Problems

I have a Dreamweaver site defined. I have an 2 domains and 2
FTP accounts. I am using one for my remote server and one for my
testing server. When I go to preview, it uploads the file to the
remote server instead of the testing server. Then it goes and tries
to view the file on the testing server and there is a file not
found error. If I try the same thing but use 2 network drives or 1
network drive and 1 FTP account (remote or testing), everything
works as expected. Any ideas why this happens?

Sounds like you are properly configured. I don't have a good
idea why this
is not working....
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>I have one Dreamweaver site defined.
>
> I have one domain (www.1.com) and an FTP account to
upload files to the
> folder
> pointed to by that domain. I am using this information
for my remote
> server as
> part of my Dreamweaver site.
>
> I have another domain defined (www.2.com) and another
FTP account to
> upload
> files to the folder pointed to by this domain. I am
using this information
> for
> my testing server as part of my Dreamweaver site.
>
> The pages I am building are Coldfusion, so I want to be
able to test them
> before deploying them to my live site (www.1.com). I
cannot setup a local
> server to do my testing.
>
> So, I should be able to checkout a file test.cfm, make
some changes, then
> hit
> the server debug button to preview those changes. It
should upload the
> file to
> the testing server and take me to the
www.2.com/test.cfm. Then, when I
> finished
> testing and check in the file it should upload it so it
is found at
> www.1.com/test.cfm.
>
> The problem I have is that when I got to test, it
uploads the file to
> www.1.com/test.cfm instead of www.2.com/test.cfm.
>
> If I use network drives instead of two FTP accounts,
everything works
> fine. I
> hit the server debug button, it transfers the file to
the right place.
>
> Sorry, if I didn't explain that well.
>
>

Checklist for making transition from local testing server to remote

Does anyone know of any resources which take one through the necessary steps required in putting an ADDT-built site to a remote server? I test on XAMPP (basic) and am dreading the errors I will discover when I actually put one of these sites to server...

It all depends on waht you are going to do with the data on the remote.
if tehre are no updates there, creating a simple materialized view on the remote to pull it's data from the local should suffice.
If there are updates on the remote, you will more than likely want to look into either Multi-master replication, or updatable materialized views.

Putting files onto the remote server vs. the testing server

I have a testing server defined in my site that can only be accessed internally within the company. When I preview my pages, it automatically loads them onto the testing server and when I ask opinions about the changes I have made, my co-workers can go to that web address on our internal FTP site.
But when I want to take those same files and put them onto our live site, I can't figure out how. I also connect to that site through FTP and have defined it in the remote server location. How do I put these files onto our real, live website?
I've been reading tons of help topics about this, but still can't seem to figure it out

Hi There:
It is an easy step by step do that. Here are some really good help for you on the same:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=kJhL1d9D2R4
http://www.bgsu.edu/downloads/cio/file17760.pdf
http://help.adobe.com/en_US/Dreamweaver/10.0_Using/WSBE25912D-A9DE-4ba1-9F85-4C692F5C14ADa .html
And by the way why can't your colleagues see your site internally? if you have a testing server (is it IIS or WAMP?) ...all you need to give them is something as following so that they can view it..
http://yourmachinename/index.html
or
http://yourmachineIPAddress/index.html
I believe you all are on the same network at workplace.
Regards,
VInay

Test server and remote server

The sync button syncs files from the local view to the remote server. How
do you sync files from the local view to the test server?
Best,
Christopher

When you created your site in Dreamweaver, you gave it a name and defined a local site folder, right? You shouldn't have to do that twice to add a remote server.
In Site Setup > Servers, you will have to define a new server however if you want to keep your testing server. But this should not cause any conflicts, because they are both pointing to the same local folder in XAMPP, right?
If I know I'm going to need a testing server, I make sure that my site folder is in my XAMPP/htdocs/ folder. That way I don't have to bother with having to keep track of two versions of the same site. Then when it's time to upload it to the remote server, I'm just adding a new server, and checking the "Remote" box.
One site, two servers ( Local/Network & FTP), no conflicts.

Remote and Testing Server Site Definitions

I am confused about what information I should put in my
remote site definition info and testing server FTC Host directory
text boxes. My host placed 3 directories: database, log, and www on
my server and Dreamweaver placed two directories, Connections and
_mmServerScripts in the same directory as the above 3. I have
placed all of my site files, including my home page and folders in
the www directory and my Access database in the database directory.
Dreamweaver placed the connection info in the Connections folder an
d _mmServerScripts in the same directory.
In order to construct my local site to match the remote site,
I created a www folder on my local site and placed all of my HTML
files and supporting folders in it.
From various Adobe Tech Notes I have read, I was led to
believe my FTP host directory
Should be www/. However, when I do this and create a new web
page on my local site and upload it to my remote site, Dreamweaver
creates a new www directory inside of the one my host created on
the remote site and uploads the file to it instead of placing it in
the www directory my host created. Also, when I use F12 to test my
page in my browser I get a 404 page not found because Dreamweaver
placed a www in the page URL that shouldn’t be there and
after I remove it I’m able to see my page in my browser. My
URL prefix on my testing server site definition is:
http://I.P.number.html.
What am I not doing right?
Should I use www/ as my FTP host directory or leave it blank?
Also, what should my URL prefix be?
Thanks for your help.

What you need to do is set up so that in the remote server
you point to the
www level on the server, and don't replicate this locally.
Paul Whitham
Certified Dreamweaver MX2004 Professional
Adobe Community Expert - Dreamweaver
Valleybiz Internet Design
www.valleybiz.net
"Jim_Moore" <[email protected]> wrote in
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>I am confused about what information I should put in my
remote site
>definition
> info and testing server FTC Host directory text boxes.
My host placed 3
> directories: database, log, and www on my server and
Dreamweaver placed
> two
> directories, Connections and _mmServerScripts in the
same directory as the
> above 3. I have placed all of my site files, including
my home page and
> folders
> in the www directory and my Access database in the
database directory.
> Dreamweaver placed the connection info in the
Connections folder an d
> _mmServerScripts in the same directory.
>
> In order to construct my local site to match the remote
site, I created a
> www
> folder on my local site and placed all of my HTML files
and supporting
> folders
> in it.
>
> From various Adobe Tech Notes I have read, I was led to
believe my FTP
> host
> directory
> Should be www/. However, when I do this and create a new
web page on my
> local
> site and upload it to my remote site, Dreamweaver
creates a new www
> directory
> inside of the one my host created on the remote site and
uploads the file
> to it
> instead of placing it in the www directory my host
created. Also, when I
> use
> F12 to test my page in my browser I get a 404 page not
found because
> Dreamweaver placed a www in the page URL that shouldn?t
be there and after
> I
> remove it I?m able to see my page in my browser. My URL
prefix on my
> testing
> server site definition is:
http://I.P.number.html.
>
> What am I not doing right?
> Should I use www/ as my FTP host directory or leave it
blank?
> Also, what should my URL prefix be?
>
> Thanks for your help.
>
>

Remote and testing server don't see root relative links the same

My site works fine on my testing server (Apache, MYSQL,
PHP). I use root relative links in a library
file (include file) so that it will work with all pages. For the testing server these links look like this:
/my_sites_root_folder/aaa/bbb/ccc etc.
If I use these same links on the remote server they won't work. To get hem to work I have to change all these links to the form
/aaa/bbb/ccc etc.
When dreamweaver uploads files to the remote server, the site name folder (my_sites_root_folder) doesn't go along for the ride--just the files in it. So on the remote all the site files are stored in htdocs. On my testing server, the files are stored in htdocs/my_site_root_folder.
I think it must have something to do with the way I'm setting up the remote and testing servers, but I'm read a hundred pages of instructions without being able to figure it out. I think I'm just seeing something wrong, but I've already spent days on this. Can someone please point me in the right direction?
I'm using DWCS5. Internet explorer 8, Windows 7.

Thank you for your prompt response. I'm afraid I'm still totally puzzled here. It sounds like you're very knowledeable about your comments, but I would like to know more. I accept that using the local site root in links would be bad, but I'm not clear WHY. Structuring the links as I have doesn't cause any links to break. I've structured them this way because it's the only way I can find that everything works. But I still do not understand WHY I have to do it. Using different libary include files doesn't seem like a good way to go, though
You suggest that if I use any root relative links at all, I need to use vitual hosts. I'm not finding any good coverage of what these are, and especially why they are necessary. If this is the case, does that imply that templates (which use root relative links) also will not work on the test server (at least without vitual hosts)? The conclusion I'm coming up with, given your remarks, is "Dreamweaver doesn't work with root relevant links when you're trying to test a site with a test server." Is this right?

Remote and testing server set up

I want to upload to the server some php pages containing a registration form, log in, and membership directory. I am able to get everything working ON MY COMPUTER (not shouting - just for emphasis) using wamp server. I am completely confused about how to get it on the server. I have tried creating a test database at the server but I am confused about how to connect. Do I need to set up both a remote and a testing server in the site setup on DW (CS5.5)? I think the problem is with the database setup form, that is, databases - + - mySLQ connection. What do I put in the form fields?
So far, I have tried, among other things,
Connection name: myusername_testform
mySLQ connection: localhost
Username: the one I set up at the server
Password: the one I set up at the server
Database: myusername_testform
and I get the following error message when I test it:
HTTP error code file not found etc.
possible reasons:
1. There is no testing server running on the server machine.
2. The testing server specified to this site does not map to the the http://ftp.mysite.com/_mmserverscripts/MMHTTPDB.php URL. Verify that the URL prefix maps to the root of the site.
I have contacted the server and have tried to understand their answers but have had no success in getting this done.
Any help would be much appreciated. I am really new to php and forms and databases, so please keep it as simple as possible. Thanks

Thanks very much for responding. Sorry - I'm not quite sure what you mean. I initially did all the set up steps (set up local server, create database in wamp phpMyAdmin, create a members directory, create a registration page, create a log in form) and I got all of that to work on my computer. Now I want to upload the forms and database to the server. Rather than use the database that I had originally set up on my computer, I set up a new test one with with one table and only a few categories using the phpMyAdmin on the control panel for the site. Where is that database? Is it at the server? What I'm confused about is this: How do I connect to the database at the server? Do I need to set up the site the same way as I did when it was only on my computer, i.e., set up a remote server AND a testing server? Or do I just need to set up the remote server? In either case, how do I add the database to the site using mySQL connection? I think the problem is with what I type into the form field "my SQL connection" but I really don't know. I'm so confused lol

Local, Testing server, Remote server uploading

I have my web files in a local directory, say c:
webfiles\myweb. I also have a local testing server at
c:\Apache\htdocs\myweb, and finally a production site at
www.myweb.com. The problem is that when I edit a file in my local
directory it updated the testing server and not the production
remote - which is what I expect. My problem is that I don't know
how to update the production server as there does not seem to be
any menu choice for this. I am sure I am doing something stupid,
but I can't figure out whats wrong. Basically I don't quite get how
the relationship between the 3 file locations interact with each
other. Any help would be sincerely appreciated as its driving me
crazy.

Expand the Files panel. On the toolbar, there are three icons
in a row -
Remote | Testing | Site Map. Select the Remote icon, and you
will now be
connecting with the Remote site for PUT/GET. The testing
server will now
only be used for Previews or Live Data displays.
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>I have my web files in a local directory, say c:
webfiles\myweb. I also
>have a
> local testing server at c:\Apache\htdocs\myweb, and
finally a production
> site
> at www.myweb.com. The problem is that when I edit a file
in my local
> directory
> it updated the testing server and not the production
remote - which is
> what I
> expect. My problem is that I don't know how to update
the production
> server as
> there does not seem to be any menu choice for this. I am
sure I am doing
> something stupid, but I can't figure out whats wrong.
Basically I don't
> quite
> get how the relationship between the 3 file locations
interact with each
> other.
> Any help would be sincerely appreciated as its driving
me crazy.
>

Setting up Dreamweaver CS4 with PHP testing server... Live View doesnt work

Hello,
Im trying to setup Dreamweaver CS4 with a php website im
making. Ive setup the site information, and provided a testing site
(XAMPP), and i can see the fully rendered .php pages in the Live
View tab. However, say i change some of the text in the .php file
(say from Hello to Hi) and
then click in the Live View tab - the page does not update. It
seems to do something, bit just returns the same.
How do i set it up so, like with plain .html pages, you can
make a change to the source code and instantly see the change in
Live View?
(At the moment i have to make the change to the source code,
save it, click Live View to cancel it, and then click Live View
again).
Background:
Ive setup XAMPP (G:\XAMPP\)
Ive setup vhosts in apache.
Ive stored my websites in G:\Websites
Ive set the testing server to G:\Websites\site, where "site"
is setup as a vhost and correctly displays when entered into a
browser.
Ive set the url prefix to
http://site/
Ive set local root to G:\Websites\site
Any help would be greatly appreciated.
Cheers.

> How do i set it up so, like with plain .html pages, you
can make a change
> to
> the source code and instantly see the change in Live
View?
Did you try using F5 to refresh the page? If that doesn't
work for you,
then you'll have to drop and restart Live view. No need to
save and reload
the page.
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"Major_Disaster" <[email protected]> wrote
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> Hello,
>
> Im trying to setup Dreamweaver CS4 with a php website im
making. Ive setup
> the
> site information, and provided a testing site (XAMPP),
and i can see the
> fully
> rendered .php pages in the Live View tab. However, say i
change some of
> the
> text in the .php file (say from Hello
to Hi) and then click
> in
> the Live View tab - the page does not update. It seems
to do something,
> bit
> just returns the same.
>
> How do i set it up so, like with plain .html pages, you
can make a change
> to
> the source code and instantly see the change in Live
View?
>
> (At the moment i have to make the change to the source
code, save it,
> click
> Live View to cancel it, and then click Live View again).
>
> Background:
> Ive setup XAMPP (G:\XAMPP\)
> Ive setup vhosts in apache.
> Ive stored my websites in G:\Websites
> Ive set the testing server to G:\Websites\site, where
"site" is setup as a
> vhost and correctly displays when entered into a
browser.
> Ive set the url prefix to
http://site/
> Ive set local root to G:\Websites\site
>
> Any help would be greatly appreciated.
>
> Cheers.
>

[Locked] Switching from testing server to remote server

I set up php pages on a testing server successfully. I exported the database from the testing server to the remote server no problem. But I don't understand how to switch the pages from the testing server to my remote server and make the connection to the database there. I read the manual about switching the connections, but I'm not having any luck. Here's what's not clear:
Am I supposed to move the page to my local root folder before putting it to the remote server? When I do this, the Databases tab says there is no connection, though the page still starts with this code: <?php require_once('file:///C|/XAMPP/htdocs/TRS/Connections/trs_db.php'); ?> When I try to make a new connection, I get an error message that references that code.
Do I also move the server scripts and connections folders from the remote server to the local root folder then put them to the server?
The testing server tutorial stops short of explaining this switch, and the manual doesn't seem to address the testing server at all.
Thanks.

Sorry! My question is the following: Has anyone switched from saving calendar events to their e-mail server to icloud with success? I do not want to make the switch if I will lose events or events will not appear as they do now, or if I will lose everything in the notes that I write for events.

Live view test server won't execute php scripts

Hello everyone!
I've had a web developer design a site for me based on php.
Rather than bother them for simple image changes and content
updates, I'm trying to learn to do those things myself. I'm very
new to Dreamweaver and I'm having difficulties getting php script
to execute through my test server. I have the latest versions of
Dreamweaver, MySQL, php, and Apache installed on my machine. I've
downloaded the source files off of my hosting server. The problem
is when I try to "Live View" the "index.php" off of the root file
on the test server, Dreamweaver gives me an error that says:
"The testing server did not execute any of the scripts in
your document. Possible explanations include:
1.> The test server is not running
2.> The test server ignores files with .php. in the
extension
3.> The documents did not contain any scripts."
I know my system is working properly because I created a page
"timetest.php" with the following code:
This page was created at <?php echo
date("h:i:s a", time()); ?> on the computer running
PHP.
...and it works fine in "Live View".
Any ideas what the problem might be? I've been reading books
and searching online and I haven't been able to figure it out.
Here's what the code on "index.php" looks like:

What happens when you view your page on your test server in a
browser?
Are the php scripts executed?
Also, the macromedia.dreamweaver.appdev forum is a more
appropriate
place for this question, so you might get a better response.
Randy
> "The testing server did not execute any of the scripts
in your document.

Solution: View distorted logon page from remote unix server.

This problem is a bloody f*cking headache which I spent days searching this and other forums for a solution trying this and that ... f*cktype problem. I just thought writing this so that somebody out there having same problem can benefit from this.
This is the solution if you have problem trying to use another unix ws or server to do startconsole but you get distorted image at the logon page or you cannot type any entry in the fields to logon to server.
The symptoms are: at the ias console located in the datacenter I can logon, but remotely on my ultra1 I cannot even when all the access permissions and IP addresses for remote administration have been specified.
For my setup I have a couple of ias server at remote which I tried to manage using a small ultra1 ws which I only installed the "base" admin tool namely startconsole.
Initially I tried doing "xhost +" on the ultra1 then telnet to the ias server at remote and 'export DISPLAY' that didn't work as somehow the java didn't display up properly. So thats why in the end I installed the tool for startconsole.
Firstly when trying to logon to remote server ensure the correct administration url of the remote ldap, this can be found under < */iplanet/ias6/admin-serv/config/adm.conf >
check for the "ldaphost : "
Then ensure that this entry is stored in your dns or remote server /etc/host file.
Solution:
The reason why I saw distorted image logon during "startconsole" was because of some missing files on my ultra1 under <*/iplanet/ias6/java/jars/ias60*> somehow during installation on the ultra1 those files were missing as part of the installation. I copied those files from remote ias servers and put them in the ultra1 and everything came up properly.
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some troubleshooting steps which I used.
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startconsole -D # debug mode
truss startconsole # more debug
startconsole -x nologo # starts console with the iplanet logo.
startconsole -x nologo -u "cn=Directory Manager" -w <password>
testing logon password at remote ias server using ldapsearch(can help narrow down if passwords are having problems or not)
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ldapseatch -D "cn=Directory Manager" -w <password> -b o=netscaperoot cn=admin-serv-<host>

This problem is a bloody f*cking headache which I spent days searching this and other forums for a solution trying this and that ... f*cktype problem. I just thought writing this so that somebody out there having same problem can benefit from this.
This is the solution if you have problem trying to use another unix ws or server to do startconsole but you get distorted image at the logon page or you cannot type any entry in the fields to logon to server.
The symptoms are: at the ias console located in the datacenter I can logon, but remotely on my ultra1 I cannot even when all the access permissions and IP addresses for remote administration have been specified.
For my setup I have a couple of ias server at remote which I tried to manage using a small ultra1 ws which I only installed the "base" admin tool namely startconsole.
Initially I tried doing "xhost +" on the ultra1 then telnet to the ias server at remote and 'export DISPLAY' that didn't work as somehow the java didn't display up properly. So thats why in the end I installed the tool for startconsole.
Firstly when trying to logon to remote server ensure the correct administration url of the remote ldap, this can be found under < */iplanet/ias6/admin-serv/config/adm.conf >
check for the "ldaphost : "
Then ensure that this entry is stored in your dns or remote server /etc/host file.
Solution:
The reason why I saw distorted image logon during "startconsole" was because of some missing files on my ultra1 under <*/iplanet/ias6/java/jars/ias60*> somehow during installation on the ultra1 those files were missing as part of the installation. I copied those files from remote ias servers and put them in the ultra1 and everything came up properly.
==================================
some troubleshooting steps which I used.
==================================
startconsole -D # debug mode
truss startconsole # more debug
startconsole -x nologo # starts console with the iplanet logo.
startconsole -x nologo -u "cn=Directory Manager" -w <password>
testing logon password at remote ias server using ldapsearch(can help narrow down if passwords are having problems or not)
============================================
ldapseatch -D "cn=Directory Manager" -w <password> -b o=netscaperoot cn=admin-serv-<host>

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