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The goal of this document is to show how Novell Access Manager can be configured to authenticate against the ActiveIdentity AAA 6.6 server, as well as detailing the Access Manager troubleshooting options in cases where authentications may fail. We will also cover a high level overview on how to setup the AAA server to verify users and assign tokens to users in eDirectory.

Do you need to do ldap authentication against multiple sources? Here's how to create an LDAP Proxy Server to allow authentication from an AD source and an eDirectory Source.

Frustrated that Users and Helpdesk are complaining about password sync and login issues? Can't seem to pinpoint whats causing issues? LogiTester has been devised to help with just that problem. It allows you to supply a username and password and simultaneously authenticate to several trees to find out where ldap authentication is breaking down.

In the last year Novell has released the Novell Compliance Management Platform (NCMP) which is designed to tie a lot of components together in one great big mesh of happiness (so much happiness in fact that a demo system is named 'Utopia' which I presume leads directly to euphoria). Understanding the potential benefits of the NCMP for a company can take a bit of time but I wanted to provide that kind of an overview here. There will be some technical parts that I care about emphasizing but overall this is meant to cover what NCMP provides for those who really need to know.

Sharing information has always been something I felt was important. Knowing the source of data one receives is also important. Setting up Thunderbird to provide the ability to sign data in a non-repudiated way is easier than it sounds like it should be. Doing so lets those who receive what you post/send/publish know it came from you and not another posing as you.

An archive job fails to run and you get the error: "Error authenticating connection, check if eDirectory user name and password are correct." Check out this tip from Sakila Ravi for help on how to fix it.