[Fedora-directory-devel] Using Directory Client without an admin server running

["Sztupák Sz. Zsolt"]

Hi!

I was just curious: Is it officially possible to use the directory 
client for LDAP-related jobs without having an admin server running? I 
mean most of the things you'll use the client for is LDAP related 
(adding-removing users, changing attributes, changing ACLs, etc.), and 
there is no need for an admin server to be running.

Unofficially I managed to hack a small groovy script that will run the 
DS client (inside fedora-ds-1.1.jar) and connect to a server. Browsing 
the directory and changing attributes works, but adding a new entry, or 
changing ACL-s will crash the program (but I'm trying to figure out 
why). You still need an "o=netscaperoot" base in your LDAP directory, 
but at least the admin server need not be running (we are running a 
service on a Gentoo Linux based machine with Lighttpd, and don't want to 
use/install Apache).

 SztupY

console.groovy:
// create a fedora-ds-1.1.jar in your home directory containing all 
classes (merge all jar files IDM uses into one named fedora-ds-1.1.jar) 
for this script to work
import com.netscape.admin.dirserv.DSAdmin;
import com.netscape.management.client.console.*;
import com.netscape.management.client.util.Debug;
import java.awt.*;
import netscape.ldap.*;
com.netscape.management.client.util.Debug.setTraceLevel(9);
DSAdmin d = new DSAdmin();
ConsoleInfo i = new 
ConsoleInfo("HOST_NAME",389,"USER_NAME","PASSWORD","o=NetscapeRoot");
LDAPConnection c = new LDAPConnection();
c.connect("HOST_NAME",389,"USER_NAME","PASSWORD");
i.setLDAPConnection(c);
i.setCurrentDN("cn=SERVER_NAME,cn=fedora directory server,cn=server 
group,cn=HOST_NAME,o=netscaperoot");
i.setAdminOS("Windows"); // in Windows
d.initialize(i);
Component cc = d.getCustomPanel();
d.select(null);
d.run(null);