This chapter describes issues associated with Oracle Internet Directory. It includes the following topics:
This section describes general issue and workarounds. It includes the following topic:
Section 26.1.3, "Turkish Dotted I Character is Not Handled Correctly"
Section 26.1.4, "OIDCMPREC Might Modify Operational Attributes"
Section 26.1.6, "Apply Patch to Oracle Database 11.2.0.1.0 to Fix Purge Job Problem"
Section 26.1.7, "SQL of OPSS ldapsearch Might Take High %CPU"
Section 26.1.9, "Users with Non-ASCII Names Might Encounter Problems when Using ODSM with SSO"
Under certain circumstances, after you launch ODSM from Fusion Middleware Control, then select a new ODSM task, the browser window might become unusable. For example, the window might refresh repeatedly, appear as a blank page, fail to accept user input, or display a null pointer error.
As a workaround, go to the URL: http://host:port/odsm, where host and port specify the location where ODSM is running, for example, http://myserver.example.com:7005/odsm. You can then use the ODSM window to log in to a server.
If Oracle Internet Directory is using Oracle Database 11g Release 1 (11.1.0.7.0), you might see ORA-600 errors while performing bulkmodify operations. To correct this problem, apply the fixes for Bug 7019313 and Bug 7614692 to the Oracle Database.
Due to a bug, Oracle Internet Directory cannot handle the upper-case dotted I character in the Turkish character set correctly. This can cause problems in Oracle Directory Services Manager and in command-line utilities.
By default, the oidcmprec tool excludes operational attributes during comparison.That is, oidcmprec does not compare the operational attributes values in source and destination directory entries. During reconciliation of user defined attributes however, operational attributes might be changed.
The oidrealm tool supports creation, but not deletion, of a realm. A procedure for deleting a realm is provided in Note 604884.1, which is available on My Oracle Support at https://support.oracle.com/.
If you use Oracle Database 11.2.0.1.0 with Oracle Internet Directory, apply Patch 11.2.0.1.3 PSU to Oracle Database. Purge jobs do not function properly without this patch.
The SQL of an OPSS one level ldapsearch operation, with filter "orcljaznprincipal=value" and required attributes, might take unreasonably high %DB CPU. If this search performance impacts the overall performance of the machine and other processes, you can alleviate the issue by performing the following steps in the Oracle Database:
Log in to the Oracle Database as user ODS and execute the following SQL:
BEGIN
DBMS_STATS.GATHER_TABLE_STATS(OWNNAME=>'ODS',
TABNAME=>'CT_ORCLJAZNPRINCIPAL',
ESTIMATE_PERCENT=>DBMS_STATS.AUTO_SAMPLE_SIZE,
CASCADE=>TRUE);
END;
/
Flush the sharedpool.
If you start the replication server by using the command line, stop it by using the command line. If you attempt to stop it by using Oracle Enterprise Manager Fusion Middleware Control, the attempt fails.
When ODSM is configured to use Oracle Access Manager 11g Release 1 (11.1.1.2) for single sign-on, a user whose name contains non-ASCII characters might observe the following issues after logging in:
The user name displayed on the Home page is garbled.
Single sign-on connections to Oracle Virtual Directory servers do not appear in the list of connections.
This section describes configuration issues and workarounds. It includes the following topics:.
If you configure Oracle Internet Directory to use SSL in server authentication mode or mutual authentication mode on your test machine, and then move Oracle Internet Directory to a production machine, re-create the Oracle Internet Directory wallet on the production machine.
The old wallet contains the hostname of the original machine as the DN in the certificate. This host name in the DN is not changed during the test to production move. Re-create the wallet on the production machine to avoid SSL communication issues.
This section describes documentation errata. It includes the following topics:
Section 26.3.1, "Bulkdelete Deletes Entries, not Attributes"
Section 26.3.2, "ODSM Section Should Refer to Oracle Internet Directory"
Section 26.3.3, "Incorrect Bug Numbers in Prerequisites for Rolling Upgrade"
Section 26.3.5, "Setting Up Oracle Internet Directory SSL Mutual Authentication"
Section 26.3.6, "ODSM Schema Tab is Available to Non-Super User"
The section on bulkdelete in the "Performing Bulk Operations" chapter of Oracle Fusion Middleware Administrator's Guide for Oracle Internet Directory is entitled "Deleting Entries or Attributes of Entries by Using bulkdelete." This title is misleading. You can only use bulkdelete to delete entire entries or subtrees. The first sentence in that section is also misleading and should be ignored.
The Chapter 7 section of Oracle Fusion Middleware Administrators Guide for Oracle Internet Directory entitled "Single Sign-On Integration with Oracle Directory Services Manager" contains references to Oracle Virtual Directory. It should actually refer to Oracle Internet Directory.
The bug fix numbers listed in the Prerequisites section of the "Performing Rolling Upgrades" appendix to Oracle Fusion Middleware Administrator's Guide for Oracle Internet Directory are incorrect. They should be as follows:
If you have Oracle Internet Directory Version 11.1.1.2.0, apply the fix for bug number 10431688 on each Middleware Oracle home.
If you have Oracle Internet Directory Version 11.1.1.3.0, apply the fix for bug number 10431664 on each Middleware Oracle home.
In Oracle Internet Directory 11g (11.1.1.3) and (11.1.1.4), the default value of orclcryptoscheme is SSHA. The documentation is incorrect in the following places:
Oracle Fusion Middleware Administrator's Guide for Oracle Internet Directory, Table 9-3, "Attributes of the DSE."
Oracle Fusion Middleware Administrator's Guide for Oracle Internet Directory, Chapter 30, "Managing Password Verifiers," in the section "Hashing Schemes for Creating Userpassword Verifiers."
Oracle Fusion Middleware Reference for Oracle Identity Management, Chapter 8, "LDAP Attribute Reference," entry for orclcryptoscheme.
Neither Oracle Fusion Middleware Administrator's Guide for Oracle Internet Directory nor Oracle Fusion Middleware Administrator's Guide describes how to set up Oracle Internet Directory SSL Client and Server Authentication. This information is provided in Note 1311791.1, which is available on My Oracle Support at:
Section 7.4.1.2, "Non-Super User Access to Oracle Directory Services Manager," in Oracle Fusion Middleware Administrator's Guide for Oracle Internet Directory, states that if you log in as a user other than the super user, you can access only the Home and Data Browser tabs. Actually, you can access the Schema tab as well.
Two errors have been noted in Appendix P, "Starting and Stopping the Oracle Stack."
In Step 2 of P.1 "Starting the Stack,"
MW_HOME/user_projects/domains/DOMAIN_NAME/bin/startManagedWebLogic.sh
should be
MW_HOME/user_projects/domains/DOMAIN_NAME/bin/startWebLogic.sh
In Step 3 of P.1 "Starting the Stack,"
MW_HOME/user_projects/domains/DOMAIN_NAME/bin/startNodeManager.sh
should be
MW_HOME/wlserver_10.3/server/startNodeManager.sh
In Chapter 10, "Managing IP Addresses," the opmnctl updatecomponentregistration command is missing the -Sport option. Both -Port and -Sport are required for this command.
You must update the registration of an Oracle Internet Directory component in a registered Oracle instance by running opmnctl updatecomponentregistration whenever you change any of the following instance parameters:
Table 26-1 Attribute Changes Requiring Update of Component Registration
| Attribute | Section of Oracle Fusion Middleware Administrator's Guide for Oracle Internet Directory |
|---|---|
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"Attributes of the Instance-Specific Configuration Entry" in Chapter 9 |
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"Attributes of the Instance-Specific Configuration Entry" in Chapter 9 |
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"Attributes of the Instance-Specific Configuration Entry" in Chapter 9 |
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"Changing the Password for the EMD Administrator Account" in Chapter 12 |
In versions of Oracle Fusion Middleware Administrator's Guide for Oracle Internet Directory released in January, 2011 or earlier, there are several statements to the effect that you do not need to run opmnctl updatecomponentregistration if you use Oracle Enterprise Manager Fusion Middleware Control or WLST to change the parameter. This is not true. You must always run the command after changing any of these parameters. See "Updating the Component Registration of an Oracle Instance by Using opmnctl" in the "Managing Oracle Internet Directory Instances" chapter of Oracle Fusion Middleware Administrator's Guide for Oracle Internet Directoryfor more information.