Re: [ApacheDS] [Studio]

[ade <ha...@gmail.com>]

as a newbie I'm completely baffled by this also. The tutorial seems to
contain a number of typos which stop someone of my LDAP level dead in their
tracks!

Created a partition using & "o=SevenSeas,dc=com" o=sevenseas" and in both
cases when trying to restart the server I keep getting a really useful --

Starting ApacheDS instance 'default'...
org.apache.directory.api.ldap.model.exception.LdapOtherException:
java.lang.Integer cannot be cast to java.lang.Long at
.....

which means absolutely nothing to me and I've no idea what to do now except
reinstall again and literally guess what how to fix.

I'm sure this is a great product but wasted so much time battling what
probably is a very simple problem, maybe I should try another product unless
someone can help and tell me what to try next?

Don't mean to sound ungrateful as obviously this if free but for us
thickies, we need a simple, accurate tutorial to follow

thanks in advance!

and to compound the problem, I can't even post what I want to because my <30
lines of post gets rejected because for some reason this system thinks "You
have lines longer than 80 characters. Fix that"

Re: [ApacheDS] [Studio]

[Richard Mixon <rn...@custco.biz>]

I have not responded in a while, my conundrum was that what I had figured
out did not mesh well with the Apache DS user guide organization (my fault,
not theirs).

Once I figured things out I did prepare a granular set of 22 screen shots
documenting a successful way to get the SevenSeas tutorial working in
Apache DS Studio, using the embedded DS server.

I will finish a brief writeup over the weekend and submit these as a patch
for what they are worth.

BTW, since them I've not had too much problem with Apache DS.  The
development work we have done with the API works well on Apache DS and on
openldap.

 - Richard


On Thu, Nov 7, 2013 at 6:20 AM, Emmanuel Lécharny <el...@gmail.com>wrote:

> Le 11/7/13 1:26 PM, ade a écrit :
> > as a newbie I'm completely baffled by this also. The tutorial seems to
> > contain a number of typos which stop someone of my LDAP level dead in
> their
> > tracks!
>
> This is certainly not a LDAP primer either. It's more about how to use
> ApacheDS, assuming you have a minimum education on LDAP.
>
> Sadly, it's hard to get this education anywhere, so we most certainly
> have to improve the doco.
>
> >
> > Created a partition using & "o=SevenSeas,dc=com" o=sevenseas" and in both
> > cases when trying to restart the server I keep getting a really useful --
> >
> > Starting ApacheDS instance 'default'...
> > org.apache.directory.api.ldap.model.exception.LdapOtherException:
> > java.lang.Integer cannot be cast to java.lang.Long at
> > .....
> >
> > which means absolutely nothing to me and I've no idea what to do now
> except
> > reinstall again and literally guess what how to fix.
>
> We have to add some note about such an error and what it does mean. But
> more important, we should avoid providing such cryptic errors.
>
> >
> > I'm sure this is a great product but wasted so much time battling what
> > probably is a very simple problem, maybe I should try another product
> unless
> > someone can help and tell me what to try next?
>
> The best is to ask here. You can try any other product, it's really up
> to you here.
>
> Let me tell you one thing : we are not perfect, far from it, and we
> mostly depend on people wanting to help fixing those imperfections. This
> is how it works. I know how frustrating it can be to face such
> ridiculous problems, especiallay when you are a newbie. That's life.
>
> Anyone can contribute, and it may even been some fix in the
> documentation. This is not such a big effort. But it's up to you, again ;-)
>
>
> --
> Regards,
> Cordialement,
> Emmanuel Lécharny
> www.iktek.com
>
>


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Re: [ApacheDS] [Studio]

[Emmanuel Lécharny <el...@gmail.com>]

Le 11/7/13 1:26 PM, ade a écrit :
> as a newbie I'm completely baffled by this also. The tutorial seems to
> contain a number of typos which stop someone of my LDAP level dead in their
> tracks!

This is certainly not a LDAP primer either. It's more about how to use
ApacheDS, assuming you have a minimum education on LDAP.

Sadly, it's hard to get this education anywhere, so we most certainly
have to improve the doco.

>
> Created a partition using & "o=SevenSeas,dc=com" o=sevenseas" and in both
> cases when trying to restart the server I keep getting a really useful --
>
> Starting ApacheDS instance 'default'...
> org.apache.directory.api.ldap.model.exception.LdapOtherException:
> java.lang.Integer cannot be cast to java.lang.Long at
> .....
>
> which means absolutely nothing to me and I've no idea what to do now except
> reinstall again and literally guess what how to fix.

We have to add some note about such an error and what it does mean. But
more important, we should avoid providing such cryptic errors.

>
> I'm sure this is a great product but wasted so much time battling what
> probably is a very simple problem, maybe I should try another product unless
> someone can help and tell me what to try next?

The best is to ask here. You can try any other product, it's really up
to you here.

Let me tell you one thing : we are not perfect, far from it, and we
mostly depend on people wanting to help fixing those imperfections. This
is how it works. I know how frustrating it can be to face such
ridiculous problems, especiallay when you are a newbie. That's life.

Anyone can contribute, and it may even been some fix in the
documentation. This is not such a big effort. But it's up to you, again ;-)


-- 
Regards,
Cordialement,
Emmanuel Lécharny
www.iktek.com