Creating Configuration Directory Credentials

To access the Directory Server where the product’s configuration directory resides, your credentials must be in the Configuration Administrators group. However, if you need to create credentials other than admin for any reason, consider the following:

The installation program requires you to provide credentials for a user stored in the Console administrative subtree. However, the Core installation program will not expand users other than admin into “uid=admin,ou=Administrators, ou=TopologyManagement, o=NetscapeRoot”. Therefore, you must specify the entire DN during Core installation.

To Create a New User Other Than admin

1. Create a user in:

   ou=Administrators, ou=TopologyManagement, o=NetscapeRoot

2. Add the new credentials to the Configuration Administrators group.

3. Set ACIs to allow only this user or all users in the Configuration Administrators group to access the Directory Server where the product’s configuration directory is stored.

4. Specify entire DN during Core installation.

   For more information about managing access controls in the Directory Server, see Chapter 6, Directory Server Access Control, in Sun Java System Directory Server Enterprise Edition 6.0 Administration Guide