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An article got posted showing the steps for installing OpenDS and using it to provide name services for Solaris.  Right now generating an SSL certificate is a bit more complex than it will be in the future, but once you are past that, the rest of the...

The 1.0 version of OpenDS has been released. OpenDS is an open-source directory server, written completely in Java. Check it out!

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Frozen Mode In the 6.x branch of Sun's Directory Server software, a new feature was introduced called frozen mode . Frozen mode essentially tells the server to stop all operations and puts the database(s) into a consistent state. This is a very handy...

Most developers typically do not have to directly deal with encryption today.   Thankfully, encryption is usually handled by SSL and credentials are managed by directory services; even databases can provide transparent encryption for data stored in a...

One of the primary sources of information while troubleshooting LDAP problems is looking at the directory server's access logs, where all of the standard LDAP operations are logged.   The access log contain a pair of lines for every operation, showing...

The next version (6.3) of Sun's Directory Server Enterprise Edition is scheduled to be released soon ( next week or two).  I would highly recommend sites that are looking to deploy DSEE 6.x in the near future wait for the 6.3 release.  The 6.3...