Fedora directory users - Jan 2008 - Announcing Fedora Directory Server 1.1.0

Fedora Directory Server 1.1.0 is now available.

See http://directory.fedoraproject.org/wiki/Release_Notes for details 
about new features and new installation procedures.

What''s new?
* Auto UID and GID number generation with the libdna plugin - 
Distributed Numeric Assignment
* Separate packages - each main component is in its own package - uses 
yum for installation
* Filesystem Hierarchy Standard file/path layout (e.g. log files are 
under /var/log/dirsrv)
* Init scripts!
  service dirsrv {start|stop|restart} [instance name]
  service dirsrv-admin {start|stop|restart}
  edit /etc/sysconfig/dirsrv or /etc/sysconfig/dirsrv-admin to set 
environment
* Many of the components are now built into Fedora
* The setup command is now /usr/sbin/setup-ds-admin.pl
* startconsole is gone - use /usr/bin/fedora-idm-console instead
* Migration from version 1.0 and earlier is fully supported by the 
/usr/sbin/migrate-ds-admin.pl script provided with the package
* IcedTea Java runs the console on Fedora 8 and later - proprietary Java 
no longer required

Known Issues
* Binary packages are provided only for Fedora 6, 7, 8 and 9 - The 
Fedora 6 packages should run on EL5.1 (not 5.0)
* Version 1.1 does not include the phonebook, gateway, or org chart web 
apps - those will be provided in a following release
* Migration to Fedora 8 and later, and upgrading an existing Fedora DS 
on Fedora 8, requires LDIF files - binary database migration and upgrade 
from an earlier release to Fedora 8 or later does not work.

On Tue, Jan 08, 2008 at 08:53:50AM -0700, Rich Megginson
wrote:
> Fedora Directory Server 1.1.0 is now available.
Cool.
> See http://directory.fedoraproject.org/wiki/Release_Notes for details 
> about new features and new installation procedures.
> 
> What''s new?
> * Auto UID and GID number generation with the libdna plugin - 
> Distributed Numeric Assignment
> * Separate packages - each main component is in its own package - uses 
> yum for installation
> * Filesystem Hierarchy Standard file/path layout (e.g. log files are 
> under /var/log/dirsrv)
> * Init scripts!
>  service dirsrv {start|stop|restart} [instance name]
>  service dirsrv-admin {start|stop|restart}
>  edit /etc/sysconfig/dirsrv or /etc/sysconfig/dirsrv-admin to set 
> environment
> * Many of the components are now built into Fedora
> * The setup command is now /usr/sbin/setup-ds-admin.pl
> * startconsole is gone - use /usr/bin/fedora-idm-console instead
> * Migration from version 1.0 and earlier is fully supported by the 
> /usr/sbin/migrate-ds-admin.pl script provided with the package
> * IcedTea Java runs the console on Fedora 8 and later - proprietary Java 
> no longer required
> 
> Known Issues
> * Binary packages are provided only for Fedora 6, 7, 8 and 9 - The 
> Fedora 6 packages should run on EL5.1 (not 5.0)
Are there any plans to support RHEL4?

Cheers.
-- 
Jonathan Barber
High Performance Computing Analyst
Tel. +44 (0) 1382 386389

Jonathan Barber wrote:
> On Tue, Jan 08, 2008 at 08:53:50AM -0700, Rich Megginson wrote:
>   
>> Fedora Directory Server 1.1.0 is now available.
>>     
>
> Cool.
>
>   
>> <snip>
>>     
>
> Are there any plans to support RHEL4?
>   
No plans currently to provide binary RPMs, although I am working on 
updating dsbuild to allow you to build on RHEL4.
> Cheers.
>

Rich Megginson wrote:
> Jonathan Barber wrote:
>> On Tue, Jan 08, 2008 at 08:53:50AM -0700, Rich Megginson wrote:
>>  
>>
>> Are there any plans to support RHEL4?
>>   
> No plans currently to provide binary RPMs, although I am working on 
> updating dsbuild to allow you to build on RHEL4.
>> Cheers.
>>   
Any further word on the prospects for building on RHEL4?

Thanks.


-- 
Mike Rambo


"They that can give up essential liberty to obtain a little
temporary security, deserve neither liberty or security."
     -Benjamin Franklin

Mike Rambo wrote:
> Rich Megginson wrote:
>> Jonathan Barber wrote:
>>> On Tue, Jan 08, 2008 at 08:53:50AM -0700, Rich Megginson wrote:
>>>  
>>>
>>> Are there any plans to support RHEL4?
>>>   
>> No plans currently to provide binary RPMs, although I am working on 
>> updating dsbuild to allow you to build on RHEL4.
>>> Cheers.
>>>   
>
> Any further word on the prospects for building on RHEL4?
No, unfortunately I haven''t had any more time to work on the dsbuild 
scripts.  Hopefully soon.
>
> Thanks.
>
>