Red Hat NETSCAPE DIRECTORY SERVER 6.02 - ADMINISTRATOR Guida di Installazione

Installation GuideNetscape Directory ServerVersion 6.02May 2002

Related Information10 Netscape Directory Server Installation Guide • May 2002

11Chapter 1Preparing for a Directory ServerInstallationBefore you begin installi ng Netscape Directory Server (Directory Server), youshould have an un

Configuration Decisions12 Netscape Directory Server Installation Guide • May 2002• Netscape Administration Server—Administration Server is a commonfro

Configuration DecisionsChapter 1 Preparing for a Directory Server Installation 13Choosing Unique Port NumbersPort numbers can be any number from 1 to

Configuration Decisions14 Netscape Directory Server Installation Guide • May 2002Deciding the User and Group for Your NetscapeServers (UNIX only)For s

Configuration DecisionsChapter 1 Preparing for a Directory Server Installation 15• Directory Manager DN and password.The D irectory Manager DN is the

Configuration Decisions16 Netscape Directory Server Installation Guide • May 2002Determining Your Directory SuffixA directory suffix is the directory

Configuration DecisionsChapter 1 Preparing for a Directory Server Installation 17Also, as with any directory installation, consider replicating the co

Installation Process Overview18 Netscape Directory Server Installation Guide • May 2002Determining the Administration DomainThe administration domain

Installation Process OverviewChapter 1 Preparing for a Directory Server Installation 19The sections that follow outline the installation processes ava

Netscape Communications Corporation ("Netscape") and itslicensors retain all ownership rights to the software programs offered byNetscape (r

Installation Privileges20 Netscape Directory Server Installation Guide • May 2002Upgrade ProcessDirectory Server supports migration from previou s rel

21Chapter 2Computer System RequirementsBefore you can install Netscape Directory Server (Directory Server), you mustmake sure that the systems on whic

Hardware Requirements22 Netscape Directory Server Installation Guide • May 2002Hardware RequirementsOn all platforms, you will need:• Roughly 200 MB o

Operating System RequirementsChapter 2 Computer System Requirements 23dsktune UtilityFor UNIX platforms, Directory Server provi des a utility named ds

Operating System Requirements24 Netscape Directory Server Installation Guide • May 2002Verifying Required System ModulesDirectory Server requires the

Operating System RequirementsChapter 2 Computer System Requirements 25108993-03: SunOS 5.8: nss and ldap patch109091-04: SunOS 5.8: /usr/lib/fs/ufs/uf

Operating System Requirements26 Netscape Directory Server Installation Guide • May 2002Tuning the SystemBasic Solaris tuning guidelines are available

Operating System RequirementsChapter 2 Computer System Requirements 27Tuning TCP ParametersBy default, the TCP/IP implementationin a Solariskernel is

Operating System Requirements28 Netscape Directory Server Installation Guide • May 2002HP-UX 11.0 Operating SystemThis section contains the following

Operating System RequirementsChapter 2 Computer System Requirements 29• Install the patches listed below; Netscape Console uses the Abstract W indowTo

3ContentsAboutThisGuide ...7PrerequisiteReading ...

Operating System Requirements30 Netscape Directory Server Installation Guide • May 2002•Runthedsktune utility and see if you need to install any other

Operating System RequirementsChapter 2 Computer System Requirements 31Installing Third-Party UtilitiesYou will need the gunzip utility to unpack the d

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33Chapter 3Using Express and TypicalInstallationThis chapter describes how to perform basic installation activities. This chaptercontains the followin

Using Express Installation34 Netscape Directory Server Installation Guide • May 20025. Run the setup program. You can find it in the directory in whic

Using Typical InstallationChapter 3 Using Express and Typical Installation 35❍ o=NetscapeRootDo not modify the contents of the directory under the o=N

Using Typical Installation36 Netscape Directory Server Installation Guide • May 20029. When you are asked what type of installation you would like to

Using Typical InstallationChapter 3 Using Express and Typical Installation 3718. The setup program then asks you for the System User and the System Gr

Using Typical Installation38 Netscape Directory Server Installation Guide • May 200224. For a directory suffi x, en ter a distinguished name (DN) mean

Using Typical InstallationChapter 3 Using Express and Typical Installation 39The server is configured to use the following suffixes:• The suffix that

4 Netscape Directory Server Installation Guide • May 2002VerifyingRequiredSystemModules ... 24Installing

Using Typical Installation40 Netscape Directory Server Installation Guide • May 2002

41Chapter 4Silent InstallationSilent i nstallation all ows you to use a file to predefine all the answers that youwould normally supply to the setup p

Preparing Silent Installation Files42 Netscape Directory Server Installation Guide • May 20025. Prepare the file that will contain your installation d

Preparing Silent Installation FilesChapter 4 Silent Installation 43Creating Silent Installation FilesThe best way to create a file for use with silent

Preparing Silent Installation Files44 Netscape Directory Server Installation Guide • May 2002A Typical InstallationThe following is the install.inf fi

Preparing Silent Installation FilesChapter 4 Silent Installation 45Using an Existing Configuration DirectoryThe following is the install.inf filethati

Installation Directives46 Netscape Directory Server Installation Guide • May 2002Installing the Standalone Netscape ConsoleThe following is the instal

Installation DirectivesChapter 4 Silent Installation 47• Silent Installation File Format• [General] Ins tallation Directi ves• [Base] Installation Dir

Installation Directives48 Netscape Directory Server Installation Guide • May 2002[General] Installation Directives[General] installation directives sp

Installation DirectivesChapter 4 Silent Installation 49[Base] Installation DirectivesThere is only one [Base] installation directive and it allows you

5MigratingaReplicatedSite ... 64Constraints ...

Installation Directives50 Netscape Directory Server Installation Guide • May 2002[slapd] Installation Directives[slapd] installation directives specif

Installation DirectivesChapter 4 Silent Installation 51Optional [slapd] Installation DirectivesYou may provide the directives listed in Table 4-4 when

Installation Directives52 Netscape Directory Server Installation Guide • May 2002[admin] Installation Directives[admin] installation directives specif

Installation DirectivesChapter 4 Silent Installation 53ServerIpAddress Specifies t he IP address that the Administration Serverwill listen to. Use thi

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55Chapter 5Post InstallationThis chapter describes the post-installation procedures for launching the onlinehelp and populating the directory tree.Thi

Populating the Directory Tree56 Netscape Directory Server Installation Guide • May 2002Proxy authorized on Administration Server. If you use proxies f

Populating the Directory TreeChapter 5 Post Installation 57• Start your Directory Server with an empty database and import data overLDAP—This method r

Populating the Directory Tree58 Netscape Directory Server Installation Guide • May 2002

59Chapter 6Migrating From Previous VersionsYou can upgrade to Nets cape Directory Server 6.x from a previous release ofDirectory Server, for example,

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Migration Prerequisites60 Netscape Directory Server Installation Guide • May 2002The migration script performs the following tasks in seq uence:• Chec

Identifying Custom SchemaChapter 6 Migrating From Previous Versions 61• If you want to continue to ru n your legacy Directory Server, when you install

Identifying Custom Schema62 Netscape Directory Server Installation Guide • May 2002While the migration will complete in this situation, you will proba

Migration ProcedureChapter 6 Migrating From Previous Versions 63Migration ProcedureThe migration script will automatically back up your Directory Serv

Migrating a Replicated Site64 Netscape Directory Server Installation Guide • May 2002❍ oldServerPath is the path to the legacy Directory Server direct

Migrating a Replicated SiteChapter 6 Migrating From Previous Versions 65The m anual procedure described in this section explains the migration path th

Migrating a Replicated Site66 Netscape Directory Server Installation Guide • May 20024. Retire the 4.x supplier.The Directory Server 6.x that you conf

Migrating a Replicated SiteChapter 6 Migrating From Previous Versions 676. Upgrade Server C to Directory Server 6.x, and make it a read-only replica o

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69Chapter 7Uninstalling Directory ServerYou may need to remove an instance of Netscape D irectory Server (DirectoryServer) or uninstall the entire ser

7About This GuideWelcome to Netscape Directory Server (Directory Server). This manual provides ahigh-level overview of design and planning decisions y

Uninstalling Directory Server70 Netscape Directory Server Installation Guide • May 20023. From the Object menu, select Stop; you can also right-click

Uninstalling Directory ServerChapter 7 Uninstalling Directory Server 71❍ Server Core Components❍ nsPerl❍ PerLDAP5. When prompted, enter the administra

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73Chapter 8TroubleshootingThis chapter describes the most common installation problems and how to solvethem. It also provides some tips on checking pa

Running dsktune74 Netscape Directory Server Installation Guide • May 2002The following is an example of output that dsktune generates. Note that dsktu

Common Installation ProblemsChapter 8 Troubleshooting 75ndd -set /dev/tcp tcp_smallest_anon_port 8192WARNING: tcp_deferred_ack_interval is currently 1

Common Installation Problems76 Netscape Directory Server Installation Guide • May 2002This error occurs when a machine is not correctly configured to

77Glossaryaccess control instruction See ACI.ACI Access Control Instruction. An instruction that grants or denies permissionsto entries in the directo

78 Netscape Directory Server Installation Guide • May 2002attribute Holds descriptive information about an entry. Attributes have a labeland a value.

Glossary 79browser Software, such as Netscape Navigator, used to request and view WorldWide Web material stored as HTML files. The browser uses the HT

Conventions Used In This Guide8 Netscape Directory Server Installation Guide • May 2002• Directory Server Console—An improved management console thatd

80 Netscape Directory Server Installation Guide • May 2002CIR See consumer-initiated replication.class definition Specifies the information needed to

Glossary 81DAP Directory Access Protocol. The ISO X.500 standard protocol that providesclient access to the directory.Data Master The server that is t

82 Netscape Directory Server Installation Guide • May 2002DNS alias ADNSaliasisahostnamethattheDNSserverknowspointstoadifferent host—specifically a DN

Glossary 83HTML Hypertext Markup Language. The formatting language used fordocumentsontheWorldWideWeb.HTMLfilesareplaintextfileswithformattingcodes th

84 Netscape Directory Server Installation Guide • May 2002LDAPv3 Version 3 of the LDAP protocol, upon which Directory Server bases itsschema formatLDA

Glossary 85matching rule Provides guidel ines for how the server compares strings during asearch operation. In an international search, the matching r

86 Netscape Directory Server Installation Guide • May 2002network management station See NMS.NIS Network Information Service. A system of programs and

Glossary 87permission In the c ontext of access control, the permission states whether accessto the directory information is granted or deni ed, and t

88 Netscape Directory Server Installation Guide • May 2002RDN Relative distinguished name. The name of the actual entry itself, before theentry’s ance

Glossary 89root The most privileged user available on Unix machines. The root user hascomplete access privileges to all files on the machine.root suff

Related InformationAbout This Guide 9Related InformationThe document set for Directory Server also contains the following guides:• Netscape Directory

90 Netscape Directory Server Installation Guide • May 2002slapd LDAP Directory Server daemon or service that is responsible for m ostfunctions of a di

Glossary 91symmetric encryption Encryption that uses the same key for both encryptingand decrypting. DES is an example of a symmetric encryption algor

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93IndexAadministration domain, defined 18administration port number 38administration server 12administration server user 15authentication entities 14C

94 Netscape Directory Server Installation Guide • May 2002preparing for 11process overview 18new installations 19requirements 21installation directory

Index 95Uuninstalling the directory server 69upgradingprerequisites for 60upgrading schema 61upgrading the directory server 59user and groups to run s

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