Installation Privileges and Credentials

This section covers privileges or credentials required for installation of Directory Server Enterprise Edition component products.

• Directory Server, Directory Proxy Server, Directory Service Control Center, and Directory Server Resource Kit Privileges

• Identity Synchronization for Windows Installation Privileges and Credentials

Directory Server, Directory Proxy Server, Directory Service Control Center, and Directory Server Resource Kit Privileges

You must have the following privileges when installing Directory Server, Directory Proxy Server, or Directory Service Control Center from the Java Enterprise System native package based distribution.

• On Solaris, Red Hat, and SuSE systems, you must install as root.

• On Windows systems, you must install as Administrator.

You can install Directory Server, Directory Proxy Server, and Directory Server Resource Kit from the zip distribution without special privileges.

See Directory Server Enterprise Edition Software Distributions in Sun Java System Directory Server Enterprise Edition 6.2 Installation Guide for details.

Before You Upgrade

You must consider the following points before applying the Directory Server Enterprise Edition 6.2 patch.

• Native package based distribution. All Directory Server and Directory Proxy Server instances, including the DSCC registry, must be stopped before the DSEE 6.2 patch is applied.

  If you apply the patch without stopping the server instances, the instances might crash the next time you restart them.

  To use the localized console, apply the Directory Server Enterprise Edition 6.2 patch before the Directory Server Enterprise Edition 6.2 localized patch. Then run the following commands in the specified order.

  # dsccsetup console-unreg # dsccsetup console-reg

• Zip based distribution. All Directory Server and Directory Proxy Server instances must be stopped before the DSEE 6.2 zip distribution is applied on top of a DSEE 6.0 and DSEE 6.1 zip installations. This check is done by the dsee_deploy command itself, but it does not work on Windows 2000.

  If you apply the patch without stopping the server instances, the instances might crash the next time you restart them.

After applying patches to upgrade Directory Server Enterprise Edition, you must restart Sun Web Console using the following command:

# smcwebserver restart

Identity Synchronization for Windows Installation Privileges and Credentials

To install Identity Synchronization for Windows, you must provide credentials for the following.

• Configuration Directory Server.

• Directory Server being synchronized.

• Active Directory.

  See Installing Core in Sun Java System Directory Server Enterprise Edition 6.2 Installation Guide for details.

In addition, you must have the following privileges to install Identity Synchronization for Windows.

• On Solaris and Red Hat systems, you must install as root.

• On Windows systems, you must install as Administrator.

When you enter passwords by using the text-based installer, the program automatically masks the passwords so passwords are not echoed in the clear. The text-based installer is supported on Solaris and Red Hat systems only.