Example of a failed connection, search on connect, usually around line 5,050
connect(3, {sa_family=AF_INET, sin_port=htons(524), sin_addr=inet_addr("192.168.0.21")}, 16) = -1 EINPROGRESS (Operation now in progress)
poll([{fd=-1}, {fd=3, events=POLLIN|POLLOUT}], 2, 30000) = 1 ([{fd=3, revents=POLLIN|POLLOUT|POLLERR|POLLHUP}])
getsockopt(3, SOL_SOCKET, SO_ERROR, [8589934705], [4]) = 0
close(3)
Using the strace show above as an example
The interface eDirectory is configured for 192.168.0.21
Running ip a shows the eth0 interface is set to 192.168.0.46
Since eDirectory is trying to make a connection to an interface that does not exist the login is failing.
If the eth0 is correct, then edit the /etc/opt/novell/eDirectory/conf/nds.conf
Correct the IP Address for the following
n4u.server.interfaces=
http.server.interfaces=
https.server.interfaces=
This may or may not exist
https.server.cached-cert-dn=
Edit the nds.conf manually or use sed
Example using sed with nds.conf (bad address) 192.168.0.21 and eth0 (good address) is 192.168.0.46
sed -i 's/192.168.0.21/192.168.0.46/g' /etc/opt/novell/eDirectory/conf/nds.conf
/etc/opt/novell/eDirectory/conf/nds.conf
After making the change restart ndsd and ndsconfig upgrade
rcndsd restart
ndsconfig upgrade
If the nds.conf is correct and the network interface is incorrect
Edit /etc/sysconfig/network/ifcfg-eth0 (or appropriate interface, if eth1 then edit ifcfg-eth1)
Modify ip address for the line IPADDR
IPADDR='192.168.0.21/22'
Edit the ifcfg-eth0 manually or use sed
Example changing from 192.168.0.46 to 192.168.0.21 for the ifcfg-eht0 using sed
sed -i 's/192.168.0.46/192.168.0.21/g' /etc/sysconfig/network/ifcfg-eth0
sed -i 's/192.168.0.46/192.168.0.21/g' /etc/hosts
After making the change restart the network interaces
rcnetwork restart