Installation guide

38 NetIQ eDirectory 8.8 SP8 Installation Guide
rm
Removes the Server object and directory services from a tree.
NOTE: This option does not remove the key material objects. These objects must be
removed manually.
upgrade
Upgrades eDirectory to a later version.
-i
While configuring a new tree, ignores checking whether a tree of the same name
exists. Multiple trees of the same name can exist.
-S server
name
Specifies the server name. The server name can also contain dots (for example,
netiq.com). Because ndsconfig is a command line utility, using containers with dotted
names requires that those dots be escaped out, and the parameters containing these
contexts must be enclosed in double quotes.
For example, to install a new eDirectory tree on a Linux server using
netiq.com as
the name of the O, use the following command:
ndsconfig new -a "admin.novell\\.com" -t netiq_tree -n
"OU=servers.O=netiq\\.com"
The Admin name and context and the server context parameters are enclosed in
double quotes, and only the '.' in netiq.com is escaped using the '\\' (backslash)
character. You can also use this format when installing a server into an existing tree.
NOTE: You cannot start a name with a dot. For example, you cannot install a server
that has the name “.novell”, because it starts with a dot ('.').
-t
treename
The tree name to which the server has to be added. It can have a maximum of 32
characters. If not specified, ndsconfig takes the tree name from the n4u.nds.tree-
name
parameter that is specified in the /etc/opt/novell/eDirectory/conf/
nds.conf
file. The default treename is $LOGNAME-$HOSTNAME-NDStree .
-n server
context
Specifies the context of the server in which the server object is added. It can have a
maximum of 64 characters. If the context is not specified, ndsconfig takes the context
from the configuration parameter
n4u.nds.server-context specified in the /etc/
opt/novell/eDirectory/conf/nds.conf
file. The server context should be
specified in the typed form. The default context is org .
-d path
for dib
The directory path where the database files will be stored.
-r
This option forcefully adds the replica of the server regardless of the number of servers
already added to the server.
-L
ldap_port
Specifies the TCP port number on the LDAP server. If the default port 389 is already in
use, it prompts for a new port.
-l
ssl_port
Specifies the SSL port number on the LDAP server. If the default port 636 is already in
use, it prompts for a new port.
-a admin
FDN
Specifies the fully distinguished name of the User object with Supervisor rights to the
context in which the server object and Directory services are to be created. The admin
name should be specified in the typed form. It can have a maximum of 64 characters.
The default admin name is admin.org.
-e
Enables clear text passwords for LDAP objects.
ndsconfig
Parameter
Description