8.18 Login Issue with Tree IP Address Change

Consider the following scenario:

  1. Your IP address is <xxx.xx.xx.xx>, you have configured eDirectory on it, and your tree name is <XXX_TREE>.

  2. You have a login cache that maps <XXX_TREE> to <xxx.xx.xx.xx>.

  3. Because of network movement, you have got a new IP address <yyy.yy.yy.yy>, configured eDirectory on it, and the tree name remains same (<XXX_TREE>).

  4. Another user has taken your previous IP address <xxx.xx.xx.xx>, and configured a new eDirectory tree <YYY_TREE>.

Now, if you log in to iManager with <XXX_TREE> tree name, you would log in to <YYY_TREE> because <XXX_TREE> maps to <xxx.xx.xx.xx>, but <xxx.xx.xx.xx> is currently configured with <YYY_TREE>.

Work around:

  • For Windows,

    1. Go to ...\Program Files\Novell\Tomcat\webapps\nps\WEB-INF\.

    2. Open config.xml file.

    3. In the file, search for the Cached-Tree setting and delete your Tree Name value from the setting.

    4. Delete the setting that starts with your tree name.

  • For Linux,

    1. Go to /var/opt/novell/iManager/nps/WEB-INF.

    2. Open config.xml file.

    3. In the file, search for the Cached-Tree setting and delete your Tree Name value from the setting.

    4. Delete the setting that starts with your tree name.