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Novell eDirectory 8.8 SP7 Troubleshooting Guide
About This Book
1 Resolving Error Codes
2 Installation and Configuration
- 2.1 Installation
- 2.2 Configuration
- 2.3 Upgrade
- 2.4 Multiple Instances
3 Determining the eDirectory Version Number
- 3.1 Windows
- 3.2 Linux
- 3.3 Solaris
- 3.4 AIX
4 Log Files
- 4.1 modschema.log
- 4.2 dsinstall.log
- 4.3 ndsd.log
5 Troubleshooting LDIF Files
- 5.1 Understanding LDIF
- 5.2 Debugging LDIF Files
- 5.3 Using LDIF to Extend the Schema
6 Troubleshooting SNMP
- 6.1 Traps Might Not Get Generated As Expected
- 6.2 SNMP Group Object
- 6.3 SNMP Initializing Errors
- 6.4 SNMP Subagent Does Not Start
- 6.5 LDAP SNMP Statistics Not Reported
- 6.6 SNMP Issues
- 6.7 SNMP Walk Hangs on Solaris Platform
7 iMonitor
- 7.1 Browsing for Objects Containing Double-Byte Characters in iMonitor
- 7.2 Agent Health Check on a Single-Server Tree
- 7.3 iMonitor Report Does Not Save the Records for Each Hour
- 7.4 Creation and Modification Time Stamps
- 7.5 iMonitor Issues in Older Versions of Mozilla
- 7.6 Run Report Screen Layout Not Aligned on iMonitor
- 7.7 iMonitor Displays Error -672
- 7.8 Time Stamps Displayed in Hexadecimal Format
8 iManager
- 8.1 LDAP Operations Fail After Creating a New LDAP Group Using Quick Create
- 8.2 Issues While Backing Up on Red Hat EUC in the Japanese Locale
9 Obituaries
- 9.1 Examples
  - 9.1.1 Deleting an Object
  - 9.1.2 Moving an Object
- 9.2 Impact of Stuck and Orphaned Obituaries
- 9.3 Prevention
- 9.4 Troubleshooting Tips
  - 9.4.1 Solutions
  - 9.4.2 Previous Practices
10 Migrating to Novell eDirectory
- 10.1 Migrating the Sun ONE Schema to Novell eDirectory
- 10.2 Migrating the Active Directory Schema to Novell eDirectory Using ICE
- 10.3 Migrating from OpenLDAP to Novell eDirectory
11 Schema
12 DSRepair
- 12.1 Running DSRepair on an NFS Mounted DIB on Linux
- 12.2 Running DSRepair with -R Option Hangs
- 12.3 Running DSRepair after Upgrade or Migration
13 Replication
14 Clone DIB Issues
- 14.1 Clone DIB Fails With -601 and -603 Errors
- 14.2 Clone DIB Can Fail Immediately After Offline Bulkload
- 14.3 Issue in Cloning with Enabled Encrypted Replication Feature
15 Novell Public Key Infrastructure Services
- 15.1 PKI Operations Not Working
- 15.2 LDAP Search from Netscape Address Book Fails
- 15.3 Removing the configuration of an eDirectory server that is acting as a treekey server in a multiserver tree after having moved the existing eDirectory objects to a different server fails with the error code for Crucial Replica.
- 15.4 While uninstalling the eDirectory Server holding the CA, the KMOs created on that server will be moved to another server in the tree and become invalid
16 Troubleshooting Utilities on Linux and UNIX
- 16.1 Novell Import Convert Export Utility
- 16.2 ndsconfig Utility
- 16.3 ndsmerge Utility
- 16.4 DSTrace Utility
- 16.5 ndsbackup Utility
- 16.6 Using DSRepair
  - 16.6.1 Syntax
  - 16.6.2 Troubleshooting DSRepair
- 16.7 Using DSTrace
17 NMAS on Linux and UNIX
- 17.1 Unable to Log In Using Any Method
- 17.2 The User Added Using the ICE Utility Is Unable to Log In Using Simple Password
18 Troubleshooting on Windows
- 18.1 The eDirectory for Windows Server Won’t Start
- 18.2 The Windows Server Can’t Open the eDirectory Database Files
- 18.3 SLP_NETWORK_ERROR(-23) Occurs in Windows Machines
19 Accessing HTTPSTK When DS Is Not Loaded
- 19.1 Setting the sadmin Password on Windows
- 19.2 Setting the sadmin Password on Linux, Solaris, and AIX
20 Encrypting Data in eDirectory
- 20.1 Error Messages
- 20.2 Problem With Duplicate Encryption Algorithms
- 20.3 Encryption of Stream Attributes
- 20.4 Configuring Encrypted Replication through iManager
- 20.5 Viewing or Modifying Encrypted Attributes through iManager
- 20.6 Merging Trees With Encrypted Replication Enabled Fails
- 20.7 Limber Displays -603 Error
21 The eDirectory Management Toolbox
- 21.1 Unable to Stop the eMTool Services
- 21.2 Restore gives -6020 error
22 SASL-GSSAPI
- 22.1 SASL-GSSAPI Issues
  - 22.1.1 Issue with Multiple User Objects
  - 22.1.2 Authorization ID
- 22.2 Log File
- 22.3 Error Messages
23 Miscellaneous
- 23.1 Backing Up a Container
- 23.2 Repeated eDirectory Logins
- 23.3 Enabling Event System Statistics
- 23.4 Tracking Memory Corruption Issues on Linux
- 23.5 TCP Connection not Terminating after Abnormal Logout
- 23.6 NDS Error, System Failure (-632) Occurs When Doing ldapsearch for the User Objects
- 23.7 Disabling SecretStore
  - 23.7.1 On Linux and UNIX
  - 23.7.2 On Windows
- 23.8 Viewing SLP Man Pages
- 23.9 dsbk Configuration File Location
- 23.10 SLP Interoperability Issues on OES Linux
- 23.11 ldif2dib Fails to Open the Error Log File When the DIB Directory Exists In the Custom Path
- 23.12 eDirectory Server Does Not Start Automatically in the Virtual SLES 10
- 23.13 ndsd Does Not Start After a System Crash
- 23.14 Do not Execute DSTrace With All Tags Enabled on UNIX Systems
- 23.15 LDAP is Not RFC Compliant For Anonymous Search Requests
- 23.16 Troubleshooting Ports with Custom eDirectory 8.8 Instances
- 23.17 Rebooting the Host
- 23.18 ndsd Not Listening at the Loopback Address on a Given NCP Port
- 23.19 LDAP Transaction OIDs
- 23.20 Errors -5871 and -5875 in LDAP Trace
- 23.21 NDSCons Gives -625 Error if a Tree is Renamed
- 23.22 Listening on Multiple NICs Slows Down eDirectory ldapsearch Performance
- 23.23 Unable to Limit the Number of Concurrent Users on UNIX/ Linux Platforms
- 23.24 ndsd Fails to Shut Down Due to SLP
- 23.25 eDirectory Does Not Support Symbolic Links for DIB Location

Installation and Configuration 19

 Perform the following:

1. Create

/var/opt/novell/eDirectory/data_upg_bak

directory.

2. Move the files from

/var/opt/novell/eDirectory/data

/var/opt/novell/

eDirectory/data_upg_bak

IMPORTANT: Keep the

/var/opt/novell/eDirectory/data

directory empty to ensure

smooth upgrade.

2.3.4 Upgrading eDirectory After Applying a Patch Does Not Remove the

Patch Version on a Windows System

When you upgrade eDirectory after applying a patch, the patch version is not upgraded; but, the

base version of the product is upgraded.

This issue is observed and reproduced for the following upgrade scenarios:

Table 2-1 eDirectory Versions

The issue occurs because eDirectory installers and patch installers in Windows are separate. Base

product of eDirectory is installed via NIS framework and patches like eDirectory 8.8 SP5 Patch 2 are

installed by using Nulsoft Installer Script (NSIS). Because the installers are different, only the base

version of the product is upgraded; not the patch installed via NSIS.

To workaround this issue, remove the registry entry of the patch (for example: eDirectory 8.7.3 SP9/

eDirectory 8.7.3 SP10/eDirectory 8.8 SP5 patch 2 and eDirectory 8.8 SP5 patch 3) during the upgrade.

2.4 Multiple Instances

While handling multiple instances of eDirectory, you may encounter the following problems:

 Section 2.4.1, “If the First Instance is Down, HTTP Does Not Work,” on page 19

 Section 2.4.2, “eDirectory Does Not Listen on All the Configured Interfaces,” on page 20

2.4.1 If the First Instance is Down, HTTP Does Not Work

On Linux and UNIX platforms, if eDirectory is configured on a box with multiple NIC cards and if

HTTP is bound to more than one interface; if the first interface goes down, HTTP would not be

accessible from the remaining interfaces.

This is because the remaining interfaces will redirect the request to the first one, but the first interface

is down.

To resolve this issue, if the first interface goes down, restart eDirectory.

Base Product Version Patch Version Upgraded Version

eDirectory 873 87310 eDirectory 88 SP3

eDirectory 873 eDirectory 88 SP3

eDirectory 873 eDirectory 873 SP10

eDirectory 88 SP6 any patch eDirectory 88 SP7