Re: [389-users] Question about users and groups in sub suffixes

[Paul Robert Marino]

never mind I found the answer

apparently  you have to go into the "Directory" tab in the directory
server and create a domain object because its not automatically
created when you create the database under the sub dn


On Fri, Jul 27, 2012 at 7:03 PM, Paul Robert Marino  wrote:
> Hello every one
>
> I have a strange problem Im trying to use 389 server in a large
> organization and i have to break the directory into several sub
> suffixes or root suffixes.
> there is the scenario
> I work for Large company A
> Large company A owns
> 1) subsidiary b
> 2)  subsidiary c
> 3) subsidiary d
>
> Large company A uses domain example.com
>  subsidiary b uses domain b.example.com
> subsidiary c uses domain c.example.com
> subsidiary d uses domain d.example.com
>
>
> I would like to separate each of the subsidiaries into their own sub
> suffix partially because of security reasons also to minimize unneeded
> replication for local read only slaves at the subsidiary sites, and I
> would also like the administrator at each subsidiary to have the
> option of manage their own users or having the administrators at the
> parent company do it for them.
>
> now creating the sub suffix with its own database is fairly well
> documented  and works well with ou's but doesn't seem to work with
> dc's
> if i create the new suffix as a dc and go into the users and groups in
> the console and try to add a user to the new dc it wont let me. if i
> use the Users drop down menu and try to change directory and set the
> base to the new dc (e.g. dc=b,dc=example,dc=com) it tells me the dc
> isn't valid
>
> I also tried creating a root suffix and ran into the same problem so
> what am i missing?
> Is there some initial database population step I didn't see in the
> documentation or do i need to setup some ACIs or what?
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Re: [389-users] Question about users and groups in sub suffixes

[Noriko Hosoi]

Paul Robert Marino wrote:

Hello every one

I have a strange problem Im trying to use 389 server in a large
organization and i have to break the directory into several sub
suffixes or root suffixes.
there is the scenario
I work for Large company A
Large company A owns
1) subsidiary b
2)  subsidiary c
3) subsidiary d

Large company A uses domain example.com
  subsidiary b uses domain b.example.com
subsidiary c uses domain c.example.com
subsidiary d uses domain d.example.com


I would like to separate each of the subsidiaries into their own sub
suffix partially because of security reasons also to minimize unneeded
replication for local read only slaves at the subsidiary sites, and I
would also like the administrator at each subsidiary to have the
option of manage their own users or having the administrators at the
parent company do it for them.

now creating the sub suffix with its own database is fairly well
documented  and works well with ou's but doesn't seem to work with
dc's
if i create the new suffix as a dc and go into the users and groups in
the console and try to add a user to the new dc it wont let me. if i
use the Users drop down menu and try to change directory and set the
base to the new dc (e.g. dc=b,dc=example,dc=com) it tells me the dc
isn't valid

I also tried creating a root suffix and ran into the same problem so
what am i missing?
Is there some initial database population step I didn't see in the
documentation or do i need to setup some ACIs or what?

There should not be any problem to create sub suffix starting with "dc".
$ ldapsearch -LLLx  [...]  -b "dc=example,dc=com" dn
dn: dc=example,dc=com
dn: dc=B,dc=example,dc=com
dn: dc=C,dc=example,dc=com
dn: dc=D,dc=example,dc=com

I put dc=B in Broot, dc=C in Croot, and dc=D in Droot.
$ ls /var/lib/dirsrv/slapd-ID/db
Broot/DBVERSION  NetscapeRoot/  __db.002  __db.004  __db.006   
userRoot/

Croot/Droot/   __db.001  __db.003  __db.005 log.01

Do you see any errors in the error log?
/var/log/dirsrv/slapd-ID/errors


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Re: [389-users] Question about users and groups in sub suffixes

[Paul Robert Marino]

Noriko
Thanks for the reply as I mentioned in my previous email I assumed that
when I created the sub suffix database for dc=b,dc=example,dc=com it would
automaticly add the dn to the database but it doesn't so I manualy added it
and it works now.

For clarity that step should be added to the documentation.
The way I figured it out is I just tried to add a new subdomain without
adding a sub suffix and I got a warning message saying I may wan to add the
sub suffix first
On Jul 27, 2012 8:50 PM, "Noriko Hosoi"  wrote:

> Paul Robert Marino wrote:
>
>> Hello every one
>>
>> I have a strange problem Im trying to use 389 server in a large
>> organization and i have to break the directory into several sub
>> suffixes or root suffixes.
>> there is the scenario
>> I work for Large company A
>> Large company A owns
>> 1) subsidiary b
>> 2)  subsidiary c
>> 3) subsidiary d
>>
>> Large company A uses domain example.com
>>   subsidiary b uses domain b.example.com
>> subsidiary c uses domain c.example.com
>> subsidiary d uses domain d.example.com
>>
>>
>> I would like to separate each of the subsidiaries into their own sub
>> suffix partially because of security reasons also to minimize unneeded
>> replication for local read only slaves at the subsidiary sites, and I
>> would also like the administrator at each subsidiary to have the
>> option of manage their own users or having the administrators at the
>> parent company do it for them.
>>
>> now creating the sub suffix with its own database is fairly well
>> documented  and works well with ou's but doesn't seem to work with
>> dc's
>> if i create the new suffix as a dc and go into the users and groups in
>> the console and try to add a user to the new dc it wont let me. if i
>> use the Users drop down menu and try to change directory and set the
>> base to the new dc (e.g. dc=b,dc=example,dc=com) it tells me the dc
>> isn't valid
>>
>> I also tried creating a root suffix and ran into the same problem so
>> what am i missing?
>> Is there some initial database population step I didn't see in the
>> documentation or do i need to setup some ACIs or what?
>>
> There should not be any problem to create sub suffix starting with "dc".
> $ ldapsearch -LLLx  [...]  -b "dc=example,dc=com" dn
> dn: dc=example,dc=com
> dn: dc=B,dc=example,dc=com
> dn: dc=C,dc=example,dc=com
> dn: dc=D,dc=example,dc=com
>
> I put dc=B in Broot, dc=C in Croot, and dc=D in Droot.
> $ ls /var/lib/dirsrv/slapd-ID/db
> Broot/DBVERSION  NetscapeRoot/  __db.002  __db.004  __db.006
> userRoot/
> Croot/Droot/   __db.001  __db.003  __db.005 log.01
>
> Do you see any errors in the error log?
> /var/log/dirsrv/slapd-ID/**errors
>
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Re: [389-users] Question about users and groups in sub suffixes

[Noriko Hosoi]

Hi Paul,

Paul Robert Marino wrote:


Noriko
Thanks for the reply as I mentioned in my previous email I assumed 
that when I created the sub suffix database for dc=b,dc=example,dc=com 
it would automaticly add the dn to the database but it doesn't so I 
manualy added it and it works now.


For clarity that step should be added to the documentation.
The way I figured it out is I just tried to add a new subdomain 
without adding a sub suffix and I got a warning message saying I may 
wan to add the sub suffix first


When I created the sub suffix/subdomain, I used the Console.  Here's 
what I did.

Open Dorectory Console.
Choose Configuration tab
Choose the parent suffix under Data (dc=example,dc=com, in my example)
Right click shows a menu; choose "New Sub Suffix".
Fill "New Suffix" and "Database name" box
Then, the new sub suffix is generated (e.g., dc=B,dc=example,dc=com")
Expand the new sub suffix; choose the underlying database (having the 
Database name you assigned)

Right click shows a menu; choose "Initialize database"
Give the ldif file to initialize the sub suffix/subdomain.

Thanks,
--noriko

On Jul 27, 2012 8:50 PM, "Noriko Hosoi" > wrote:


Paul Robert Marino wrote:

Hello every one

I have a strange problem Im trying to use 389 server in a large
organization and i have to break the directory into several sub
suffixes or root suffixes.
there is the scenario
I work for Large company A
Large company A owns
1) subsidiary b
2)  subsidiary c
3) subsidiary d

Large company A uses domain example.com 
  subsidiary b uses domain b.example.com 
subsidiary c uses domain c.example.com 
subsidiary d uses domain d.example.com 


I would like to separate each of the subsidiaries into their
own sub
suffix partially because of security reasons also to minimize
unneeded
replication for local read only slaves at the subsidiary
sites, and I
would also like the administrator at each subsidiary to have the
option of manage their own users or having the administrators
at the
parent company do it for them.

now creating the sub suffix with its own database is fairly well
documented  and works well with ou's but doesn't seem to work with
dc's
if i create the new suffix as a dc and go into the users and
groups in
the console and try to add a user to the new dc it wont let
me. if i
use the Users drop down menu and try to change directory and
set the
base to the new dc (e.g. dc=b,dc=example,dc=com) it tells me
the dc
isn't valid

I also tried creating a root suffix and ran into the same
problem so
what am i missing?
Is there some initial database population step I didn't see in the
documentation or do i need to setup some ACIs or what?

There should not be any problem to create sub suffix starting with
"dc".
$ ldapsearch -LLLx  [...]  -b "dc=example,dc=com" dn
dn: dc=example,dc=com
dn: dc=B,dc=example,dc=com
dn: dc=C,dc=example,dc=com
dn: dc=D,dc=example,dc=com

I put dc=B in Broot, dc=C in Croot, and dc=D in Droot.
$ ls /var/lib/dirsrv/slapd-ID/db
Broot/DBVERSION  NetscapeRoot/  __db.002  __db.004  __db.006  
userRoot/

Croot/Droot/   __db.001  __db.003  __db.005 log.01

Do you see any errors in the error log?
/var/log/dirsrv/slapd-ID/errors

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