MeetingMaker with LDAP

[John Astleford]

As we progress with Meetingmaker and our own University servers we are
transferring more systems to LDAP for the one sign-on ability. As we begin
our testing I was wondering if any others had implemented LDAP into MM and
the horror/success findings you had. If anyone has input or suggestions I
would appreciate all feedback on this integration process

.



John Astleford

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412-396-4357

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[Brad Barry]

I've tried Google and searching the archive of this list, but I can't seem to find any mention of a problem I've had sporadically with some of my Mac users and now consistently with one of them. The user in question is on an Intel MacMini running an up to date version of Mac OS 10.4 - I have other users with the same configuration who have no problems.

After a clean install of the MM 7.5 client, the user is able to select their time zone and the server to connect to. However, when the user terminates the client, upon relaunching the timezone and server have been "forgotten" and when the user clicks the Select button to specify the server, an error to the following effect appears:

"Could not complete your request because the network is not configured."

The only reliable workaround I've found is trashing the ~/Library/Preferences/Meetingmaker folder and restarting the computer, then relaunching.

Any help (or even just knowing that I'm not alone) is appreciated.


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[Rich Trouton]

We had a similar problem with MM 7.5 on 10.4.x, and we eventually had
to upgrade to 8.5 to fix it because 7.5 isn't supported on 10.4. Our
experience was roughly the same as yours, where 7.5 worked on most
10.4 machines but fail to connect consistently on others. My advice
would be to have that user use the web client (assuming they don't
need to sync a Palm.)

Thanks,
Rich

On Jan 10, 2007, at 8:52 AM, Brad Barry wrote:

> I've tried Google and searching the archive of this list, but I
> can't seem to find any mention of a problem I've had sporadically
> with some of my Mac users and now consistently with one of them.
> The user in question is on an Intel MacMini running an up to date
> version of Mac OS 10.4 - I have other users with the same
> configuration who have no problems.
>
> After a clean install of the MM 7.5 client, the user is able to
> select their time zone and the server to connect to. However, when
> the user terminates the client, upon relaunching the timezone and
> server have been "forgotten" and when the user clicks the Select
> button to specify the server, an error to the following effect
> appears:
>
> "Could not complete your request because the network is not
> configured."
>
> The only reliable workaround I've found is trashing the ~/Library/
> Preferences/Meetingmaker folder and restarting the computer, then
> relaunching.
>
> Any help (or even just knowing that I'm not alone) is appreciated.
>
>
> * MMXP-TALK Web Page: http://WWW.LISTSERV.Emory.Edu/Archives/MMXP-
> TALK.HTML
>

---

Rich Trouton (Contractor)
LAN Support
***@mail.nih.gov
-----------------------------------------------------------
National Human Genome Research Institute
National Institutes of Health — Bethesda, MD

Office number:
[phone]

NHGRI LAN Support number:
[phone]

The best way to get in touch with me is through email.




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[Bob DeSilets]

I think that the other part of the equation is that you're running on
an Intel machine. There is a specific 8.5 installer for Intel based
Macs, so I wouldn't be surprised if 7.5 might have some weird quirks.

Bob

--------------------------------
Bob DeSilets
Sr. IT Support Specialist
***@isc.upenn.edu
215-898-0067



On Jan 10, 2007, at 9:16 AM, Rich Trouton wrote:

> We had a similar problem with MM 7.5 on 10.4.x, and we eventually
> had to upgrade to 8.5 to fix it because 7.5 isn't supported on
> 10.4. Our experience was roughly the same as yours, where 7.5
> worked on most 10.4 machines but fail to connect consistently on
> others. My advice would be to have that user use the web client
> (assuming they don't need to sync a Palm.)
>
> Thanks,
> Rich
>
> On Jan 10, 2007, at 8:52 AM, Brad Barry wrote:
>
>> I've tried Google and searching the archive of this list, but I
>> can't seem to find any mention of a problem I've had sporadically
>> with some of my Mac users and now consistently with one of them.
>> The user in question is on an Intel MacMini running an up to date
>> version of Mac OS 10.4 - I have other users with the same
>> configuration who have no problems.
>>
>> After a clean install of the MM 7.5 client, the user is able to
>> select their time zone and the server to connect to. However, when
>> the user terminates the client, upon relaunching the timezone and
>> server have been "forgotten" and when the user clicks the Select
>> button to specify the server, an error to the following effect
>> appears:
>>
>> "Could not complete your request because the network is not
>> configured."
>>
>> The only reliable workaround I've found is trashing the ~/Library/
>> Preferences/Meetingmaker folder and restarting the computer, then
>> relaunching.
>>
>> Any help (or even just knowing that I'm not alone) is appreciated.
>>
>>
>> * MMXP-TALK Web Page: http://WWW.LISTSERV.Emory.Edu/Archives/MMXP-
>> TALK.HTML
>>
>
> ---
>
> Rich Trouton (Contractor)
> LAN Support
> ***@mail.nih.gov
> -----------------------------------------------------------
> National Human Genome Research Institute
> National Institutes of Health — Bethesda, MD
>
> Office number:
> [phone]
>
> NHGRI LAN Support number:
> [phone]
>
> The best way to get in touch with me is through email.
>
>
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> TALK.HTML



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[Mike Wiseman]

> Hi John,
>
> The only drawback I can think of is the inability to remove the
> attributes and object class from a LDAP user when their MM licence
> is cancelled. The only way I have found around this is to change
> the comMeetingMakerServer attribute to "cancelled" for those users,
> so that MM server does not see them as being legitimate users.
>
> Other than that, I think it all seems to work well. There is the
> disadvantage of having to add/change object class and attributes to
> the LDAP user as well as adding/deleting MM diaries, unless you
> write scripts to do that, as we have done.
>
> Anne Zanotti
via ***@flinders.edu.au
>

On 09/01/2007, at 5:50 AM, John Astleford wrote:

> As we progress with Meetingmaker and our own University servers we
> are transferring more systems to LDAP for the one sign-on ability.
> As we begin our testing I was wondering if any others had
> implemented LDAP into MM and the horror/success findings you had.
> If anyone has input or suggestions I would appreciate all feedback
> on this integration process
>
> .
>
>
>
> John Astleford
>
> CTS Help Desk
>
> Help Desk Consultant
>
> 412-396-1606
>
> ***@duq.edu
>
> 412-396-4357
>
> 1-888-355-8226
>
> ***@duq.edu
>
> www.cts.duq.edu
>
>
>
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>
>



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