Re: Using OpenLDAP instead of Netscape Directory server

[Nico De Ranter <nico@sonycom.com>]

On Mon, 24 Jan 2000, Raj Mathur wrote:

> Hi Nico,
> 
> Thanks for the frank answer :-)
> 
> What sort of problems did you face in integrating OpenLDAP and NS
> Directory?  Are they the sort which can be solved by throwing
> resources (programmers, time, etc) at them?

Having a competent programmer look at it might indeed help, I didn't
have a look at the source code myself (it's been awhile since the last
time I looked at any code at all :-).  The following is the message
I sent to the newsgroup and one of the replies I got (you never know, it 
might help):

---------------- forwarded message ---------------------

Newsgroups: netscape.server.calendar
Subject: Re: Creation of Calendar Administrators group: failed

Nope, unfortunately there was almost nothing in the LDAP database except for
the suitespot3.x stuff.  I tried creating it but that didn't make a difference.
I'm using Netscape Directory Server now without problems. (I would prefer to
use OpenLdap however :-( )

Nico


On Wed, 8 Dec 1999, Alain TRIMPONT wrote:

> Nico,
> 
> Not really sure of my proposal but that's may be better than nothing :
> I suspect the Calendar installation might be trying to create (or
> modify) an already existing LDAP entry (such as Calendar Administrator
> possibly).
> What you might try could be to remove that entry from your LDAP (when
> nothing else is active) and try the installation again : it would
> expect the installation to successfully re-create the LDAP entry and
> so to succeed ...
> 
> I haven't looked at 4.0 yet but your description looks so familiar to
> the problems I encountered during multiple installations that conflict
> with LDAP that I wouldn't be surprised if it would help ...
> 
> Regards, Alain.
> 
> 
> Nico De Ranter wrote:
> > 
> > Hi,
> > 
> > I'm trying to get Netscape Calendar 4.0 running with a third-party
> > LDAP server (openldap 1.2.7). I am able to create, modify and delete
> > users and groups through the calendar administrator interface but I am
> > still unable to create a calendar.
> > 
> > When I choose "Create New Netscape Calendar Server 4.0" from the
> > main menu I get the Netscape Calendar Server Installation page.
> > I pick a Node-ID (10001), modify the RDN's to include the full
> > LDAP domain (it doesn't change a thing whether I doe this or not
> > anyway) and give a password.  I then click on Submit and get the
> > following messages:
> > 
> > --------------------------------------------------------------------
> > Status:
> > 
> > Creating instance directory /opt/netscape/calendar-tulip...
> > Creating instance directory /opt/netscape/calendar-tulip: successful
> > 
> > Creating file /opt/netscape/calendar-tulip/config/magnus.conf...
> > Creating file /opt/netscape/calendar-tulip/config/magnus.conf:
> > successful
> > 
> > Creating file /opt/netscape/calendar-tulip/conf_bk/magnus.conf...
> > Creating file /opt/netscape/calendar-tulip/conf_bk/magnus.conf:
> > successful
> > 
> > Updating file /opt/netscape/admin-serv/config/dsgw.conf...
> > Updating file /opt/netscape/admin-serv/config/dsgw.conf: successful
> > 
> > Updating file /opt/netscape/admin-serv/config/dsgwfilter.conf...
> > Updating file /opt/netscape/admin-serv/config/dsgwfilter.conf:
> > successful
> > 
> > Updating file /opt/netscape/admin-serv/config/dsgwsearchprefs.conf...
> > Updating file /opt/netscape/admin-serv/config/dsgwsearchprefs.conf:
> > successful
> > 
> > Updating file /opt/netscape/admin-serv/config/dsgw-calendar-defs.conf...
> > Updating file /opt/netscape/admin-serv/config/dsgw-calendar-defs.conf:
> > successful
> > 
> > Updating file /opt/netscape/admin-serv/config/dsgw-calendar.conf...
> > Updating file /opt/netscape/admin-serv/config/dsgw-calendar.conf:
> > successful
> > 
> > Creating Calendar Administrators...
> > 
> > Creation of Calendar Administrators group: failed
> > 
> > Creating node: failed
> > Removing /opt/netscape/calendar-tulip ... SUCCESSFUL
> > --------------------------------------------------------------------
> > 
> > Why does the creation of Calendar Administrators group fail? What
> > is he trying to and can I do anything at all to get it working?
> > I di succeed in creating users and groups from within the Calendar
> > Admin webpagina so the access rights should be ok.
> > 
> > Has anybody succeeded in getting Netscape Calendar to run with
> > Openldap and if so how did you do it.  I looked on the Openldap
> > webpage already and did everything that was stated there but I
> > still can't get it to work.
> > 
> > Thanks in advance,
> > 
> > Nico

-------------- end of forwarded message ---------------------

Although I liked the server software, the clients (Netscape communicator) for
Netscape Calendar server tended to be very buggy so we decided to go for
another calendar software anyway.

Hope this helps

Nico

> 
> Anyone have answers for the NS Directory <-> OpenLDAP replication and
> OpenLDAP + SSL questions?
> 
> Regards,
> 

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