Re: [Fedora-directory-users] password sync documentation

Rich Megginson
Thu, 17 Jul 2008 14:39:26 -0000

omight wrote:
> Hi,
> I''m trying to follow the documentation to setup synchronisation to
> windows active directory.
> >From the documentation:
>
http://www.redhat.com/docs/manuals/dir-server/ag/8.0/Windows_Sync-Configuring_Windows_Sync.html
> [quote]
> 2. Create a new cert8.db and key.db using certutil.exe on the Password
> Sync machine.
> certutil.exe -d . -N
> ln -s slapd-serverID-cert8.db cert8.db
> ln -s slapd-serverID-key3.db key3.db
>
>
> If I execute that in a new directory:
> # certutil.exe -d . -N
> # ln -s slapd-rhds-cert8.db cert8.db
> ln: creating symbolic link `cert8.db'' to
`slapd-rhds-cert8.db'': File exists
>
> I don''t follow why the ln -s should be executed? Why not start
with part 3:
> On the Directory Server, export the server certificate using pk12util.
> pk12util -d . -o servercert.pfx -n Server-Cert
>
Yes.  It looks like that section of the docs has not been updated for
RHDS 8.0/Fedora DS 1.1.  The key/cert db do not have a prefix anymore,
so the ln -s step should be omitted.
> Because SSL is already configured on this linux machine, so I guess I
> can use the server-cert from that cert8.db?
> Can someone clarify/confirm this? Thanks!
>
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