Connecting to Novell eDirectory

[#1]

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:

1. 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?
2. 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...
3. (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

[#2]

Option 1 works well for us.

Including use of section access and 'single sign on'

[#3]

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 )

[#4]

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

[#5]

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

[#6]

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

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

[#7]

burny123: your link is down.

are there somewhere examples for ldap connection to novell edirectory?

[agigliotti]

however the customer needs to have EE license ?