Installation guide
48 NetIQ eDirectory 8.8 SP8 Installation Guide
You can also use this format when installing a server into an existing tree.
NOTE: You should use this format when entering dotted admin name and context while using
utilities such as DSRepair, Backup, DSMerge, DSLogin, and ldapconfig.
2.6.7 Using the nmasinst Utility to Configure NMAS
By default, ndsconfig configures NMAS. You can also use nmasinst to configure NMAS.
ndsconfig only configures NMAS and does not install the login methods. To install these login
methods, you can use nmasinst.
IMPORTANT: You must configure eDirectory with ndsconfig before you install the NMAS login
methods. You must also have administrative rights to the tree.
“Configuring NMAS” on page 48
“Installing Login Methods” on page 48
Configuring NMAS
By default, ndsconfig configures NMAS. You can also use nmasinst for the same.
To configure NMAS and create NMAS objects in eDirectory, enter the following at the server console
command line:
nmasinst -i admin.context tree_name
nmasinst prompts you for a password.
This command creates the objects in the Security container that NMAS needs, and installs the LDAP
extensions for NMAS on the LDAP Server object in eDirectory.
The first time NMAS is installed in a tree, it must be installed by a user with enough rights to create
objects in the Security container. However, subsequent installs can be done by container
administrators with read-only rights to the Security container. nmasinst will verify that the NMAS
objects exist in the Security container before it tries to create them.
nmasinst does not extend the schema. The NMAS schema is installed as part of the base eDirectory
schema.
Installing Login Methods
To install login methods using nmasinst, enter the following at the server console command line:
nmasinst -addmethod admin.context tree_name config.txt_path
The last parameter specifies the
config.txt
file for the login method that is to be installed. A
config.txt
file is provided with each login method.
Here is an example of the
-addmethod
command:
nmasinst -addmethod admin.netiq MY_TREE ./nmas-methods/novell/Simple Password/
config.txt
If the login method already exists, nmasinst will update it.