If you do not have a web server colocated with Sun Directory Services, you can also run the Admin Console locally as an application. To start it, type the following command as root:
/opt/SUNWconn/ldap/sbin/dsadmintool &
The Admin Console is displayed, as shown in Figure 4-1.
Create a symbolic link from the documentation root directory for your web server to /opt/SUNWconn/html:
prompt% cd docroot_dir prompt% ln -s /opt/SUNWconn/html sds
where docroot_dir is the documentation root directory for your web server.
Your web server must be running on the same machine as the dsservd daemon.
If you are using the HotJava browser, change the default security level by editing the .hotjava/properties file in your home directory.
Use any text editor to change the following line from:
hotjava.default.security=medium
to:
hotjava.default.security=low
If you have not used the HotJava browser before, you must create the .hotjava/properties file and add the line hotjava.default.security=low.
Start the HotJava browser on any machine, and point it at the Admin Console:
prompt% /usr/dt/bin/hotjava http://hostname/sds/dsadmin.html
where hostname is the hostname of the machine running the Sun Directory Services and the web server.
Log in to the Admin Console using the name and password of the administrator user.
The Admin Console is displayed.
If you are using the HotJava browser , change the default security level by editing the .hotjava/properties file in your home directory. Use any text editor to change the following line from:
hotjava.default.security=medium
to:
hotjava.default.security=low
If you have not used the HotJava browser before, you must create the .hotjava/properties file and add the line hotjava.default.security=low.
Start the HotJava browser with the following path to point it at the administration files:
prompt% /usr/dt/bin/hotjava file:/opt/SUNWconn/html/dsadmin.html
Log in to the Admin Console using the name and password of the administrator user.
The Admin Console is displayed.