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Updated DNS / DHCP Console for OS X ( Apple Macintosh )

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20 September 2011 - 11:18am
Submitted by: jlodom

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Requires OES or NetWare

I prefer to administer my OES and NetWare servers from an OS X client, but iManager, SSH, X-Windows, and RconsoleJ can only take you so far. If you wanted to use the DNS / DHCP Console (which is more reliable than iManager for DNS and DHCP), you had to use a Windows or Linux client.

Then, two years ago, junaid_s84 posted a way of running the Novell DNS / DHCP Console on OS X. Unfortunately, that solution did not allow the use of SSL, and it required you to start the application with a script. That original post can be found at http://www.novell.com/communities/node/9176/dns-dhcp-management-console-apple-macintosh

We now have a solution that offers the following advantages:
1. It allows SSL.
2. It behaves like a real OS X application bundle.
3. It uses the version of the Console included with OES 2 sp3.

In order to create this application bundle, we did have to modify the code a little bit, and you will have to run a script once to correctly set environmental variables for the application. For details, please see the README.TXT included in the zip file.

Once you are done, you will be able to use the DNS/DHCP Console exactly as if you were running it on Windows or Linux, except with all the Aqua-goodness of OS X!

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dnsdhcpxv1.zip4.17 MB

Disclaimer: As with everything else at Cool Solutions, this content is definitely not supported by Novell (so don't even think of calling Support if you try something and it blows up).

It was contributed by a community member and is published "as is." It seems to have worked for at least one person, and might work for you. But please be sure to test, test, test before you do anything drastic with it.



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Only 1 issue I have found

Submitted by warper2 on 10 December 2011 - 12:18pm.

I wish that could save the histories of where it has gone. It appears that it is a path issue I am assuming. Anyone know of a way toy resolve this?

12/10/11 12:48:28.277 PM [0x0-0x204204].com.novell.dnip.ui.DNSDHCP: DNSDHCPHistory:loadHistory() file doesn't exists /Users/rick\Novell\DNSDHCP\CacheFile-rick not able to load history values

I don't think it likes the \ instead of the / , that could be incorrect but just trying to figure it out.

Thanks

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Try running the script and rebooting

Submitted by jlodom on 10 December 2011 - 10:06pm.

Did you run the script to set up the config files? If not then check the instructions, run the script, and reboot. History should work after that.

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Mountain Lion

Submitted by warper2 on 27 July 2012 - 6:27am.

It seems that it will not work on Mountain lion.

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Mountain Lion

Submitted by jlodom on 5 October 2012 - 10:34am.

See my reply to your other comment regarding your issue.

I can confirm that it does run in Mountain Lion (as I am doing using it), but of course you must first install Java. I am using Java 1.6 -- I have not yet tested with 1.7, but will be doing so as part of an overall update soon.

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To add

Submitted by warper2 on 27 July 2012 - 6:37am.

HI did find now that if I don't use ssl it will work with ML. It does not save any settings though. I hae already tried to delete the plist file to have it recreated.

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Fixes

Submitted by jlodom on 5 October 2012 - 10:32am.

Do run the script again -- since you deleted the plist, it will have trouble updating settings. Once you've run it, log out and back in. That will fix the settings not being remembered.

To fix the SSL issue ....

Open Terminal as the user who uses the console and try this command:
rm ~/.novell/DNSDHCP/jssecacerts*
(Note the period in front of "novell" above)
And then re-open the Console and see if it works. It should present the SSL certificate to you again, and once you accept you should be good going forward.

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Nope, I see the problem now.

Submitted by jlodom on 15 October 2012 - 8:11pm.

The environment.plist file is deprecated in Mountain Lion. http://apple.stackexchange.com/questions/57385/whe...

Initial experiments with LSEnvironment have not been fruitful, but I'll see what can be done ...

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any updates?

Submitted by warper2 on 19 April 2013 - 12:17pm.

I have not looked at the issue for a bit. Was wondering if you ever made any progress. Thanks much for what you have done.

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