Re: Create login account in NDS via LDAP

[David J N Begley <david@avarice.nepean.uws.edu.au>]

Earlier today, Richard Ellerbrock wrote:

> This may be a little offtopic, but I have searched everywhere and cannot
> find a solution.

Someone's going to think I'm selling something for the number of times this
has been mentioned in OpenLDAP mailing list archives...

> I want to be able to create a Novell login account in NDS using LDAP to
> import the information in LDIF format. Firstly, has anybody done this
> before? Secondly, what attributes need to be set to accomplish this.

Yes, most definitely.  The following project relies on this capability:

  http://www.nepean.uws.edu.au/users/david/qn99/

I'll put together a sample LDIF that will import a user into the NDS when I
get home later tonight (or tomorrow morning, at this rate..).

> The account must be usable via the standard Novell Windows client after it
> is created.

Absolutely.

I'll post the sample LDIF later - cheers..


dave