On 7/6/05, Thierry Lanfranchi <thierry.lanfranchi at wanadoo.fr> wrote: > Sam Tran a ?crit : > 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 > > -- > Fedora-directory-users mailing list > Fedora-directory-users at redhat.com > https://www.redhat.com/mailman/listinfo/fedora-directory-users > > > > Hi, > > This is how I proceeded to get the console working under Windows : > > * made a c:\fedora directory on my windows box and copied > /opt/fedora-ds/java and /opt/fedora-ds/lib from red hat box to windows box > * started console on the red hat box with the -D command line option like > Rich recommended, and obtained the full command line > * created a .BAT in my c:\fedora\java directory on the windows box > > edited the .BAT to : > * modify the path to the java executable > * replace ':' in the -cp option with ';' > * replace the / in the pathes with \ (except for the admin server url) > > I obtained a .BAT with that line (might be split into several lines by my > mail client, but it's a single command line): > java -ms8m -mx64m -cp > .;.\nmclf70.jar;.\base.jar;.\ldapjdk.jar;.\mcc70.jar;.\nmclf70_en.jar;.\mcc70_en.jar;.\jss3.jar > -Djava.library.path=..\lib\jss > -Djava.util.prefs.systemRoot=.\.java > -Djava.util.prefs.userRoot=. > com.netscape.management.client.console.Console -D -A > http://myserver:55456 > > (java executable is in my path and the .bat is ran from the c:\fedora\java > directory) > > working great so far > > Thierry > > Fantastic Thierry! Merci. ;) Sam
