Category: NetIQ Directory
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When working with directory technologies, such as NetIQ’s eDirectory, or Microsoft’s Active Directory, sometimes the quick and simple thing to do is to use an LDAP browser to make or verify changes. A popular LDAP browser is the Apache Directory Studio. Oftentimes, a directory administrator is given a list of accounts that need an attribute … Continue reading Directory Administration – LDIF Creation & LDAP Filter Tool
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How secure and well managed are your LDAP services? Ever considered using a LDAP Proxy? Shouldn’t my dumb VIP be sufficient for load balancing? In my past 18 years working with LDAP I have seen many neglected systems. I have seen systems that allow anonymous authentication, clear text over port 389, accessible scripts with user authentication information, … Continue reading Securing And Managing LDAP In Your Environment
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Have you ever ran into a situation where you think everything is in place and ready to go only to run into an unexpected error? Sure you have, we all have. And the other day was no different for me. After performing an install and configuration of SSPR 3.3 in a new environment, I thought … Continue reading SSPR 5006 Error “The username is not valid or does not have a configured response”
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NetIQ iMonitor Failing To Load (Notes From The Field) Here are some notes from the field when iMonitor failed to load after applying eDirectory 8.8.8 Patch 7 on a Windows Server 2012 R2. Background Information NetIQ iMonitor is a web-based tool that provides an alternative way to run many of the traditional server-based eDirectory applications … Continue reading How To Fix iMonitor On Windows 2012 Server
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Those of us that have been around the NetIQ / Novell community for a while, have had many wishes for iManager to be a better tool. Unfortunately the “one console to rule them all” was never the real intent of the product. My recommendation is to use Apache Directory Studio (ADS) as a companion tool … Continue reading Easing the administration of your NetIQ Identity Vault
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Managing Active Directory with the NetIQ Directory & Resource Administrator First let us review some of the challenges in administrating AD and LDAP in general: Directory structures are inflexible Changing AD once it is implemented to meet changing administrative or organizational needs are difficult. Delegating and “un-delegating” access is a royal pain Delegating account administration … Continue reading Managing Active Directory with the NetIQ Directory & Resource Administrator