Centos 6.3: Can't add Users

[Johannes Graumann]

Hello,

Jeroen van Meeuwen wrote:

> On Friday, August 03, 2012 04:12:26 PM Johannes Graumann wrote:
>> Hi,
>> 
>> I slowly am making headway into this installation and the current
>> roadblock is that I can log into the kolab-webadmin interface using
>> "cn=Directory Manager" and the password defined during setup-kolab, but
>> the button for adding users is missing.
>> 
>> The trouble shooting tips at http://tinyurl.com/c3qtlmx all seem to look
>> right and I appreciate any further ideas why this might be shot.
>> 
> 
> If you have executed / verified the tips in the troubleshooting section
> already, then I suppose it's time to increase the verbosity of the kolab-
> webadmin.
> 
> Please execute the following steps;
> 
> # cd /usr/share/kolab-webadmin/
> # sed -r -i -e 's|^(\s*)//console|\1console|g' `find . -type f -name
> # "*.php"`
> 
> Log out (if logged in) and log back in to the Kolab Web Administration
> Panel, and navigate to "Users" - should the "Add user" button still be
> missing, could you please send me the /var/log/kolab-webadmin/* files in
> their entirety?
> 

Thank you for your help! Logs sent on off-list.

Sincerely, Joh


>> Sincerely, Joh
>> 
>> P.S.: I find it highly unintuitive that the default user associated with
>> the directory manager account during setup-kolab ("nobody") doesn't work
>> for initial log in and that the complete "cn=Directory Manager" constuct
>> is necessary. JG
>> 
> 
> The latest version of pykolab (that ships setup-kolab and friends) has
> verbiage that illustrates that the 'nobody' user & group that are
> requested input for are in fact the POSIX accounts under which the
> Directory Server is supposed to run, rather than user accounts that are
> being created in the Directory Server for use in a web admin or client.
> 
> Please also note that the First Login chapter in the documentation
> explicitly states to login with "cn=Directory Manager"[1]. This is, after
> all, the actual (global) LDAP server administrator account.
> 
> If you wish the setup requests input for an initial user account that is
> to be created as a Kolab Administrator (for the one domain the setup sets
> up), then I suggest you log an enhancement request in Bugzilla[2].
> 
> Kind regards,
> 
> Jeroen van Meeuwen
> 
> [1] http://docs.kolab.org/en-
> US/Kolab_Groupware/2.4/html/Community_Installation_Guide/chap-
> Community_Installation_Guide-First_Login.html
> 
> [2] https://bugzilla.kolabsys.com
>