Installation guide
Install and Upgrade Features 15
Export Environmental Variables
With the FHS implementation in eDirectory 8.8, you need to update the path environmental variables
and export them. This creates the following problems:
You need to remember all the paths exported, so that whenever you open a shell, you need to
export these paths and start using the utilities.
When you want to use more than one set of binary, you have to open more than one shell or have
to unset and set the paths to the different set of binaries frequently.
To resolve the above issue, you can use the
/opt/novell/eDirectory/bin/ndspath
script as
follows:
Prefix the ndspath script to the utility and run the utility you want as follows:
custom_location/opt/novell/eDirectory/bin/ndspath utility_name_with_parameters
Export the paths in the current shell as follows:
. custom_location/opt/novell/eDirectory/bin/ndspath
After entering the above command, run the utilities as you would normally do. Call the script in
your profile, bashrc, or similar scripts. Therefore, whenever you log in or open a new shell, you
can start using the utilities directly.
1.4.2 LSB Compliance
eDirectory 8.8 is now Linux Standard Base (LSB) compliant. LSB also recommends FHS compliance.
All the eDirectory packages in Linux are prefixed with novell. For example,
NDSserv
is now
novell-
NDSserv
.
1.5 Server Health Checks
NetIQ eDirectory includes server health checks that help you determine whether your server health
is safe before upgrading.
The server health checks run by default with every upgrade and occur before the actual package
upgrade. However, you can also run the diagnostic tool
ndscheck
to do the health checks.
For more information about performing routine health check procedures, see Maintaining NetIQ
eDirectory in the NetIQ eDirectory 8.8 SP8 Administration Guide (https://www.netiq.com/
documentation/edir88/edir88/data/bookinfo.html)
Log files
/var/opt/novell/eDirectory/log
Linux man pages
/opt/novell/man
Types of Files Stored in the Directory Directory Name and Path