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Once in a while an issue comes up where application A gives some odd errors in eDirectory but those errors seem to be cosmetic as application A is still fine and works (unless you count the messages in ndstrace). What does this mean when you see a -714 from eDirectory while tracing LDAP that is talking about some "iterator"? What does an LDAP error 51 mean when everything still seems to return properly? Today I am going to try to share some information on Virtual List Views (VLV) by explaining what they are, how you can use them, and a few cases where they do not work with eDirectory.

Last week I was asked if there was a way to start an application at the command line and later come back to it from somewhere else. Normally in Linux/Unix (*nix) it is possible to 'background' a process and then return to it later on but that's only if you are still in the same session where the process was sent to the background. This is useful to have something run while you do other things but reconnecting to this session cannot be done with just the shell. Thankfully 'screen' is on Linux systems by default (all of them I've used anyway) and as a result, Linux Just Does That.

With Novell Support Advisor (NSA) it's possible to retrieve data from your servers, but entering in all your servers takes too much time. How many people will it take to find and insert all your options from which to gather data? With one open source tool and one line of script, just you and a minute of your time.

Tool to collect the NDSD process statistics like the number of connections on ports (389, 636, 524), Total Memory, Virtual Memory, Thread and CPU Usage by NDSD process on a Novell eDirectory Server.

Updated: Take advantage of supportconfig plugins to include your own system data with the tar ball.

When trying to determine the best fit for a download manager, I eventually decided upon using Wget... Proxy anyone? For Single Use--Right Now! OR I want it to start when I'm at the beach or skiing and out of cell range!