thanks to hyder for the suggestion. i installed iplanet console 5.1 on a solaris 8 box and accessed the directory server in question just fine. it would be nice to know the reasoning behind this working......
[EMAIL PROTECTED] (Hyder Khan) wrote in message news:<[EMAIL PROTECTED]>... > I've experienced this problem with iPlanet 4.x and interestingly the > problem didn't occur for me when I upgraded to iPlanet 5.x. (This > happened to me on a WinNT system.) > > One suggestion I might try if you are absolutely unable to get the > console to launch (and you happen to know that it "used" to work) is > also to try installing the iPlanet Console (just the GUI client not > the server) onto another machine, such as on a WinNT workstation or > server and then connect to it remotely and see if that works. I've > actually encountered a situation where it would connect remotely but > would time out locally! > > Another suggestion would be to try to create another LDAP server > instance and see if you can open THAT one up. This way you'll know if > the problem is specific to just that LDAP server instance. > > Two very important other questions to consider: > Any recent changes to the server's IP address? > Is the hostname of the LDAP server resolvable in DNS? > > - Hyder - > > [EMAIL PROTECTED] (lloyd knight) wrote in message >news:<[EMAIL PROTECTED]>... > > i have inherited an iplanet 5.0 directory server > > on solaris 2.7. > > > > i start the console (startconsole) and when i select the directory server, > > then the open button, i see: > > > > opening server window > > > > and the blue progress bar at the bottom of the console, but > > nothing ever happens. > > > > the admin server selection works fine. > > > > i've found old postings regarding this problem with directory server 4.0 but > > the dse.ldif changes that are discussed don't seem to help me. > > > > according to others this has worked previously. > > > > does anyone have any clues, hints, solutions??? > > thanks > > > > lloyd knight
