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" Enable the Linux host you are installing the product on for multicast routing. Enter
the following command to check whether the host is enabled for multicast routing:
/bin/netstat -nr
The following entry should be present in the routing table:
224.0.0.0 host_IP_address
If the entry is not present, log in as root, and enter the following command to enable
multicast routing:
route add -net "240.0.0.0" netmask "224.0.0.0" dev -interface
" If you have more than one server in the tree, the time on all the network servers
should be synchronized. Use Network Time Protocol (NTP) to synchronize time. If
you want to synchronize time on Linux systems with NetWare servers, use
TIMESYNC.NLM 5.09 or later.
" If you are installing a secondary server, all the replicas in the partition that you install
the product on should be in the On state.
" For the first NDS installation on Linux systems, the administrator needs the Write
rights to the Tree partition to update the schema.
NOTE:
The [Root] object, used in earlier versions of NDS, has been renamed to Tree
in NDS eDirectory 8.5.
" For secure NDS eDirectory operations, you will need the NICI Foundation Key file
(filename.nfk, for example, 01234567.nfk), which is available in the license diskette
that ships with NDS eDirectory. Copy the .nfk file to the /var directory on the Linux
system. If you do not use the NICI Foundation Key, you will not be able to create
Certificate Authority and Key Material objects.
Installing Account Management on Linux
Use the nds-install utility to install NDS components on Linux systems. This utility is
located in the Setup directory on the CD for the Linux platform. The utility adds the
required packages based on what components you choose to install. After adding the
required packages, the installed NDS component will be configured based on inputs
provided in the ndscfg.inp file.
IMPORTANT:
unless a different value is specified for the editor environment variable. If you do not want
to use vi to edit the configuration input file, you can specify the name of the preferred editor
as the value for the editor environment variable.
The NDS configuration input file (ndscfg.inp) opens in the default editor vi,
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