[Fedora-directory-users] Admin server setup issue on FC3

[Rich Megginson]

Vsevolod (Simon) Ilyushchenko wrote:

> Hi,
>
> After successfully running FDS on RH3, I've tried to install it on 
> FC3. I got this:
>
> ***
> Your new directory server has been started.
> Created new Directory Server
> Start Slapd Starting Slapd server configuration.
> Fatal Slapd ERROR: Ldap authentication failed for url 
> ldap://fds1.cshl.edu:389/o=NetscapeRoot user id admin (151:Unknown 
> error.)
> Fatal Slapd Did not add Directory Server information to Configuration 
> Server.
> Configuring Administration Server...
> Setting up Administration Server Instance...
> ERROR: Administration Server configuration failed. See install.log.
> INFO Finished with setup, logfile is setup/setup.log
> ***

Many times this error is caused by improper DNS configuration.

>
> First of all, I'm not sure why it's using "o=NetscapeRoot" - I've 
> specified a different manager DN. Second, the setup/nsperl/install.log 
> file is not informative:

Look at setup/setup.log, not the nsperl log.

>
> ***
> You might want to reconfigure these parameters:
> ./reconfigure "myhostname=localhost"
> ./reconfigure "mydomain=.local.domain.com"
> ./reconfigure "perladmin=LOCAL.ADMIN at local.domain.com"
> ./reconfigure "cf_email=LOCAL.USER at local.domain.com"
> ./reconfigure "cf_by=LOCAL.USER"
>
> nsPerl is installed in /opt/fedora-ds/lib/nsPerl5.6.1
> ***
>
> However, I've found part of the problem: the file 
> ./admin-serv/config/server.xml contain several variables instead of 
> variable values. For example:
>
> <VARS accesslog="$SERVER_ROOT/admin-serv/logs/access"/>
>
> So it looks like the configuration program had a glitch. Is there a 
> way to fix that on FC3?

Look at setup/setup.log to see if there are any clues.  Otherwise, just 
make sure your DNS is working properly, then re-install.

>
> Thanks,
> Simon
>
>
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