topic Re: Connecting to Novell eDirectory in QlikView

Connecting to Novell eDirectory

Mon, 26 Jan 2026 18:19:17 GMT

Hi all,

I've been getting several questions from customers about Novell eDirectory lately. Has anyone been successful at authenticating users against Novell eDirectory?

As far as I can see there are two possible scenarios:

Give Novell users / groups filesystem-level access to QVWs on the server (using QVserver in NTFS mode) -> am I correct on this one, or is this only possible for Windows domains?
Find a DSP (directory service plugin) which will communicate with eDirectory, and use QVserver DMS mode -> haven't seen a trace yet of any DSP for eDirectory yet...
(Scenario 2b: install the SDK and build your own DSP...)

Could anyone of you tell me if my assumption in scenario 1 is correct (as I'm not an eDirectory expert), or does anyone know if there already is an eDirectory DSP?

With regards,

Martijn ter Schegget
CND Development

Connecting to Novell eDirectory

Wed, 25 Nov 2009 18:33:03 GMT

Option 1 works well for us.

Including use of section access and 'single sign on'

Connecting to Novell eDirectory

Thu, 10 Dec 2009 18:20:10 GMT

Thanks for the reply; haven't been able to verify your reply because at this customer's site the server isn't in the same 'domain' (or whatever it's called by Novell) as the clients.

Regards,

Martijn

(PS: note to myself: verify answer when on customer location where this scenario can be verified )

Connecting to Novell eDirectory

Tue, 05 Jan 2010 14:14:20 GMT

Hi Martijn,

How did you solve this? If you have got any idea about the custom DSP to connect to custom directory, please share it here.

Regards,

Robins

Connecting to Novell eDirectory

Tue, 05 Jan 2010 16:15:23 GMT

Hi Robins,

I worked around it (during a SIB) by manually creating local accounts on the server; the users logged in with these accounts instead of their eDirectory accounts.

Still haven't heard from anyone who's succesfully used eDirectory logins yet...

Regards,

Martijn ter Schegget
CND Development

Connecting to Novell eDirectory

Tue, 11 Jan 2011 14:35:25 GMT

look at this soloution. but i think it down works with v10

http://community.qlik.com/groups/swedish_municipalities_group/media/p/129890.aspx

Connecting to Novell eDirectory

Fri, 30 Sep 2011 19:52:28 GMT

burny123: your link is down.

are there somewhere examples for ldap connection to novell edirectory?

Re: Connecting to Novell eDirectory

agigliotti — Wed, 29 Oct 2014 14:30:11 GMT

however the customer needs to have EE license ?