Installation guide

NOTE

The section names and parameter names used in the .inf files and on the command line are

case sensitive. Refer to T able 1.1, “setup-ds-admin Options” to check the correct capitalization.

The .inf file has an additional option, ConfigFile which imports the contents of any LDIF file into the

Directory Server. This is an extremely useful tool for preconfiguring users, replication, and other

directory management entries. For more information on using the ConfigFile parameter to configure

the Directory Server, see Section 4.5.4, “Using the ConfigFile Parameter to Configure the Directory

Server”.

Each prompt in the installer has a default answer in square brackets, such as the following:

Would you like to continue with setup? [yes]:

Pressing Enter accepts the default answer and proceeds to the next dialog screen. Yes/No prompts

accept y for Yes and n for No.

TIP

To go back to a previous dialog screen, type Control-B and press Enter. You can backtrack

all the way to the first screen.

When the setup-ds-admin.pl finishes, it generates a log file in the /tm p directory called

setupXXXXXX.log where XXXXXX is a series of random characters. This log file contains all of the

prompts and answers supplied to those prompts, except for passwords.

Chapter 1. Preparing for a Directory Server Installation