DSFW Install Fails due to international characters

  • Document ID:7002274
  • Creation Date:31-Dec-2008
  • Modified Date:27-Apr-2012
    • Micro Focus Products:
      Open Enterprise Server

Environment

Domain Services for Windows
DSFW
Novell eDirectory 8.8.4

Situation

During install of DSFW XAD failed to configure
The /var/opt/novell/xad/log/ndsdcinit.log shows the following:

“modifying entry

"Y249R8Omc3QzLG91PTIwMDYsb3U9ZWxldixvdT1CcmFoZXRyb2xsZWJvcmdfU2tvbGUsb3U9Zm1rc2tvbGVyLG91PXNrb2xlcixvdT00MzAsbz1kaw=="

make: *** [nds_import_nds_policies] Error 34

Tue Dec 16 12:33:56 CET 2008

End of DSfW installation and provisioningâ€

Some entries with special international characters were found.

Resolution

Under target 'nds_import_nds_policies', the password policies of the

DSfW tree is updated by updating the existing 'nspmPasswordPolicyDN' attribute value to point to 'CN=Domain Password Policy,CN=Password Policies,CN=System,$(MAPPEDDOMAINNC)'.

An ldapsearch is performed to obtain the objects bearing this attribute and an updation ldif is generated out of it. The ldapsearch returns back the unicode/special character values in base64 format, the above error was encountered. If the dn containing the special character is removed the install should proceed.

A bug has been created for this issue. Until a fix is released the objects with special international characters can be renamed and the install can be attempted again.