====== LDAP and Novell's eDirectory ======


It's been a long time since I have used Novell's Netware for anything and at that time I was using it for a file and print server. Recently I have been using OpenLDAP on Linux and have been experimenting extracting info from [[linux:ldapandmad|AD]] using Linux tools. Out of interest I thought about testing eDirectory with [[linux:openldapintro|OpenLDAP]] too. 

I have built a NetWare 6.5 server as a guest running in Virtual Box. [[rb:nw6#running_netware_65_in_virtualbox|Netware 6.5 in Virtual Box]].

The NDS tree hierachy follows the same pattern as for the AD w2k3 server, it is located in a subdomain the Netware server is authoritative for, nds.mydomain.pri.  The server related objects are placed in OU=servers, DC=nds, DC=mydomain, DC=pri and users are in OU=users, DC=nds, DC=mydomain, DC=pri.

A basic search query looks like this:-
  
  -bash-3.2$ ldapsearch -h 192.168.1.51 -x -D cn=admin,ou=people,dc=nds,dc=mydomain,dc=pri -b dc=nds,dc=mydomain,dc=pri
  # extended LDIF
  #
  # LDAPv3
  # base <dc=nds,dc=mydomain,dc=pri> with scope subtree
  # filter: (objectclass=*)
  # requesting: ALL
  #
  
  # nds.mydomain.pri
  dn: dc=nds,dc=mydomain,dc=pri
  objectClass: domain
  objectClass: top
  objectClass: ndsLoginProperties
  objectClass: ndsContainerLoginProperties
  ...edited....