Installation guide

84 NetIQ eDirectory 8.8 SP8 Installation Guide
7.1.2 Using LDAP Tools to Configure the LDAP Server and LDAP Group
Objects
You can use the LDAP tools included with eDirectory on Linux computers to modify, view, and
refresh the attributes of LDAP Server and Group objects.
For more information, see “Using LDAP Tools on Linux” in the NetIQ eDirectory 8.8 SP8
Administration Guide.
7.1.3 Using the nmasinst Utility to Configure NetIQ Modular Authentication
Service
For eDirectory 8.8, by default, ndsconfig configures NMAS. You can also use nmasinst to configure
NMAS.
ndsconfig only configures NMAS and does not install the login methods. To install these login
methods, you can use nmasinst. For more information, see “Using the nmasinst Utility to Configure
NMAS” on page 48.
7.1.4 Customizing eDirectory
 “Using the ndsd init Script” on page 84
 “Using eDirectory on SLES 12 and RHEL 7 Platforms” on page 85
Using the ndsd init Script
The ndsd init script starts the daemon when the system starts with the configuration parameters
from the default configuration file,
/etc/opt/novell/eDirectory/conf/nds.conf .
NOTE: You should not use the /etc/init.d/ndsd script in the systemd environment . Systemd is
currently supported with SLES 12 and RHEL 7 platforms only. For more information, see “Using
eDirectory on SLES 12 and RHEL 7 Platforms” on page 85.
Before starting ndsd, ensure that any SLP (Service Location Protocol) agent is running on the host.
You can install OpenSLP, any native SLP available with your operating system, or NetIQ SLP.
NOTE: To start eDirectory, use the ndsmanage utility.
To start ndsd, run
/etc/init.d/ndsd start .
To stop ndsd, run
/etc/init.d/ndsd stop .
The eDirectory configuration creates the following shell scripts in the
/opt/novell/eDirectory/
sbin
location:

pre_ndsd_start
 post_ndsd_start
 pre_ndsd_stop
 post_ndsd_stop