OpenText™ eDirectory CE 24.4.1 (v9.3.0.0100) Release Notes

April 2025

OpenText eDirectory 24.4.1 (v9.3.0.0100) resolves a couple of previous issues.

For the list of software fixes and enhancements in the previous release, see the OpenText eDirectory CE 24.4 (v9.3) Release Notes.

For more information about this release and for the latest release notes, see the Documentation website. To download this product, see the Software License and Download portal.

1.0 What’s Resolved?

This release contains software fixes for the following issues:

Component

Issue ID

Description

NMAS

OCTCR56A697181

After upgrading OpenText eDirectory from version 9.2.x to version 24.4 (v9.3), the system fails to process the NMAS password policy with the correct expiration date.

To remove the incorrect password expiration time, see TID - How to remove password expiration time set to FFFFFFFF after installing eDir 9.3.0

Install - Upgrade

OCTCR56A696242

The upgrade to OpenText eDirectory 24.4 (v1.9) fails if the novell-nmas-server-dev rpm is available.

2.0 System Requirements

For information about prerequisites, hardware requirements, and supported operating systems, see the OpenText™ eDirectory CE 24.4 (v9.3) Installation Guide.

3.0 Installing and Upgrading

To upgrade to OpenText eDirectory 24.4.1 (v9.3.0.0100), you need to be on version 9.2 or later. If you have Enhanced Background Authentication (EBA) enabled in versions 9.2.8 or 9.2.9, you can upgrade to version 24.4.1 (v9.3.0.0100). For more information on upgrading eDirectory, see the Migrating OpenText eDirectory to 24.4 (v9.3) in OpenText™ eDirectory CE 24.4 (v9.3) Installation Guide.

NOTE:

  • If you upgraded OpenText eDirectory 24.4 (v9.3) with the EBA bridge patch and are now upgrading to OpenText eDirectory 24.4.1 (v9.3.0.0100), you do not need to reapply the bridge patch. However, you must install the bridge patch on all eDirectory servers running versions 9.2.8 and 9.2.9 if EBA is enabled

  • You must upgrade OpenText Identity Manager before using this version of OpenText eDirectory. For more information on the version compatibility see, OpenText Identity Manager Component Versions table in the System Requirements for OpenText™ Identity Manager CE 24.4 (v4.10).

4.0 Additional Documentation

4.1 OpenText Identity Console

For more information on OpenText Identity Console, see OpenText Identity Console documentation page.

NOTE:If you are using the OpenText eDirectory 9.2.9 or 9.2.8 and OpenText Identity Console 1.8 on Linux, upgrade OpenText Identity Console to version 1.9 before upgrading OpenText eDirectory to 24.4.1(v9.3.0.0100).

4.2 Novell International Cryptographic Infrastructure (NICI)

The NICI Administration Guide is included in the OpenText™ eDirectory documentation page.

4.3 OpenText eDirectory Issues on Open Enterprise Server

For more information on OpenText eDirectory issues on Open Enterprise Server (OES), see OES Readme.

5.0 Contacting OpenText

For specific product issues, contact Open Text Support at https://www.microfocus.com/support-and-services/.

Additional technical information or advice is available from several sources:

6.0 Legal Notices

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