NameView

• It may be useful to capture output from the Namesvc proxy to a file. This can be enabled by editing /opt/SUNWjdt/cgi-bin/namesvc. Comment the line:

  ---

  # $JAVA_HOME/bin/java sunw.jdt.dex.server.Namesvc

  ---

And uncomment the line:

# $JAVA_HOME/bin/java sunw.jdt.dex.server.Namesvc [boxv  ] tee /tmp dex.last

If you perform a search and this file doesn't get created or updated, then chances are your httpd server is having problems launching the cgi-bin script. If the output in the file indicates some type of error:

Content-type: text/plain
<DBError>:6

then the database probably couldn't be found or the permissions on the file are not set correctly. Make sure the database files have read access for world.

• If you have enabled capturing output to /tmp/dex.last and this file isn't being updated, then it might be worth checking the httpd server error log file. This may indicate that there was some sort of cgi-bin error. The server may not be configured to run cgi scripts or maybe it couldn't find the namesvc script.

• Make sure the database files you have created have read access set for world (chmod 664).

• The 1.1 back end is not compatible with 1.0 clients. If you need to support both 1.1 and 1.0 clients, you have several choices. The easiest way to handle this is to install the 1.1 back end on a different server than the 1.0 back end. In this configuration you simply follow the steps that have already been outlined above. If you want to support 1.1 and 1.0 clients from the same server, follow these instructions:

  1. Install 1.1 on the server but do not install it on top of your 1.0 installation. Put 1.1 under /opt/SUNWjdt1.1 or something similar.

  2. In your web server cgi-bin directory make a symbolic link from webserver/cgi-bin/jdt1.1 to /opt/SUNWjdtd1.1/cgi-bin.

  3. Edit the namesvc file in /opt/SUNWjdtd1.1/cgi-bin. Change the JDT_HOME environment variable from /opt/SUNWjdt to /opt/SUNWjdt1.1.

  4. Edit /opt/SUNWjdt1.1/lib/props/standard/nameview.props. Change the value of the dex.db.cgi.proxy property to /cgi-bin/jdt1.1/namesvc.2.0.

  5. Edit /opt/SUNWjdt1.1/lib/props/namesvc.props to point to your database.