"Colin A. White" wrote: > Can anyone help pls... > > I have successfully completed an install of iDS5.1SP2 (sparc/solaris). This > is an upgrade from iDS4.13.
> I gather from the product docs that I must 'initialise' the new DS DIT > before I can use ldif2ldap to import my user data Is there any way to > perform this initialisation from the command line? Yes. You first create the database, then you create the suffix. More information can be found here: http://docs.iplanet.com/docs/manuals/directory/51/html/ag/entry_dist.htm#19968 Then you can load your LDIF file. There are various ways to quickly initialize the database. The fastest is ldif2db, but that only works if the server is down and you are logged in to the server machine. The next fastest is ldif2db.pl - this works while the server is running, but you must be logged in to the server machine. The next fastest is ldapmodify -B - this works remotely too. ldapmodify (without the -B) and ldapadd are much slower. > The docs tell me to use Netscape Console 4.2 to do this initialisation. No. You cannot use Netscape Console 4.2 to manage a DS 5.0 or later. > Unfortunately I can not run the console on the (headless) directory server, > I must run it standalone from a remote workstation. I can successfully > connect and authenticate, but any actions to Open the server instances, the > Netscape Console fails with ds41.jar or ds51.jar Class Loader Errors saying > it "could not install a local copy". It then times out. There appears to be > no network activity during this attempted download and I am unable to > determine whether the server is refusing to send or the Console is refusing > to receive this jar file. Can anyone tell me what the Netscape Console is > trying to do and why it might fail to install this jar file locally? > > In the absence a fully functioning Netscape Console, could someone suggest > how I can remotely initialise a new DIT so that I can use ldif2ldap? > > Thks & BRgds > > -- > Colin A. White > M (+44)(0)7973 198931 > IM nyquist212 > ICQ 49636683 > "Opera is when a guy gets stabbed in the back and instead of bleeding, he > sings."
