Hello, First off, my apologies if this is not an appropriate forum for asking questions related to the CentOS Directory Server. The 389-users archives contain numerous messages related to this platform, so... The situation : fresh install of CentOS 5.4 x86_64, installed the DS via yum from the standard repos : # yum install centos-ds centos-ds-base nss_ldap The DS is up and running. I can create groups and users, run queries, and so forth. I followed the following procedure to enable the DNA plugin : Main menu of Directory Server TAB: Servers and Applications <domain> -> <server> -> Server Group -> Directory Server TAB: Configuration <server> -> Plug-ins -> Distributed Numeric Assignment [X] Enable plug-in Save I then dutifully restarted DS afterwards. Finally, in the user creation menu, in the Posix User section, i checked Enable Posix User Attributes, but none of the fields were auto-populated. Initially, i tried adding the following ldif (i realise this is for the Fedora DNS, but hey, i thought it'd be worth a shot) : http://cvs.fedoraproject.org/viewvc/ldapserver/ldap/servers/plugins/dna/posix.ldif?view=co&root=dirsec Unsurprisingly (?), this did not work : ldap_add: DSA is unwilling to perform ldap_add: additional info: Not a valid DNA configuration entry. I read through a number of items on the subject, including the following notable items : http://www.directory.fedora.redhat.com/wiki/DNA_Plugin http://www.redhat.com/docs/manuals/dir-server/8.1/admin/dna.html In section 3.6.3.1 of the Red Hat document it outlines the steps to activate the plug-in. Steps 1 and 2 appear to have already been executed by the graphical manager, as the necessary changes are present in the configuration file : /etc/dirsrv/<server>/dse.ldif I attempted to perform step 3 (with appropriate modifications to the dc's). This did not work : adding new entry cn=Account UIDs,cn=Distributed Numeric Assignment Plugin,cn=plugins,cn=config ldap_add: DSA is unwilling to perform ldap_add: additional info: Not a valid DNA configuration entry. (It may be worth noting that the screenshot they include at the base of that page bears absolutely no resemblance to that of the actual plugin.) My questions are : 1. Is the expected behaviour of the DNA plug-in to auto-populate the Posix fields ? 2a. If so, how can i properly activate this functionality ? 2b. If not, does this functionality exist ? And as a corollary, what is the DNA plug-in for, exactly ? 3. Should i, in fact, be attempting to use the Fedora DS offering instead of that included in CentOS ? (I.e. is it « better » ?) I am happy to provide any logs, debug output, configuration elements, etc.. Thank you for your kind consideration, and keep up the great work ! -- Daniel Maher <dma + 389users AT witbe DOT net> -- 389 users mailing list 389-users@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx https://admin.fedoraproject.org/mailman/listinfo/389-users
