On 7/5/05, uffe at loop.to <uffe at loop.to> wrote: > Rich Megginson wrote: > > > Sam Tran wrote: > > > >>On 7/5/05, Rich Megginson <rmeggins at redhat.com> wrote: > >> > >> > >>>Sam Tran wrote: > >>> > >>> > >>> > >>>>Hi, > >>>> > >>>>When are you planning to release the management console and admin > >>>>server source code? > >>>> > >>>> > >>>> > >>>> > >>>Probably before the end of the year. We can't yet provide dates. > >>> > >>> > >>> > >> > >>Rich, > >> > >>Are you planning to have a Windows version of the management console? > >>It would be really convenient for admins who have a Windows box. > >> > >> > > I don't know if we will have an "officially supported version" for > > Windows, but you will be able to run it on Windows. You can run it > > right now if you know the java class and arguments - it's just a > > java/swing application. The startconsole binary just sets up the > > environment, classpath, ld library path, etc. then invokes java. > > Sam, > with only a little more hassle one can build or download the Win32 bits > of JSS, NSS and NSPR from mozilla.org and get SSL going too. Those are > the only native parts of the Console besides the startconsole wrapper. > That will allow your Console to connect to the Admin Server via https > and the Directory Server via ldaps. It'll also be less fussy when > creating ldaps replication agreements. > > Launch the Console in debug mode with "startconsole -D" to see how to > invoke java to get the Console to run. > Thanks Rich and Uffe for your help. It would be nice to have a HOWTO for that. Sam
