Hi Dave, On 4/6/21 7:24 PM, David Filip wrote: > Yes, you are probably right ... after I use Extended Operations => Modify > Password ..., which defines an encryption hash, I can then use the Password > Editor. > > Which just goes to prove that someone like you with years of experience with > ApacheDS, can make better guesses than someone like me, with maybe two hours > of experience with the product ... ;-)
It still a bug, so please feel free to create a Jira: https://issues.apache.org/jira/projects/DIRSERVER > Just two more notes: > > Root vs. Non-Root under Linux > > I tried creating a non-root user -- given that the default ports in the > configuration are > 1024, specifically 10389 and 10636 -- but even after > changing (I think!) all of the file ownerships and permissions (this is on > Linux), I ran into some odd problems with files seeming be created with root > permissions, and being unaccessible under the non-root user. > > It is possible that something kicked-off or started while I was in the middle > of making the ownership changes -- although I didn't think so -- but was > wonder if running ApacheDS is fully "supported" running under a non-root user > (e.g., Linux)? Or is running under root preferred? Or should it really not > matter? > > Nonetheless, I changed back to root, mostly because I like using port 389 for > LDAP, but might want to change back to non-root in the future, since running > services as root is usually not a good idea. Do you use the tar.gz or zip archive? That works, I just unzipped it (as my normal user so all files are owned by me) and started it. For the bin/deb/rpm packages installers I don't know. --------------------------------------------------------------------- To unsubscribe, e-mail: [email protected] For additional commands, e-mail: [email protected]
