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This is the textual form of the GOsa FAQ. Online information with
This is the textual form of the GOsa FAQ. Online information with
-comments is set up at Wiki: http://oss.gonicus.de/gosa/.
+comments is set up at Wiki: https://oss.gonicus.de/labs/gosa/wiki/documentation
-Q: When creating many users for one department, I need to fill some
- fields again and again. Is there a shortcut for that?
-A: Just create a user template and pre-fill all values you need. You
- can use dynamic content, too: uid, sn and givenName will be replaced.
- i.E. an entry '/home/%uid' in homeDirectory will be replaced by the
- real uid of the user you're creating, %sn.%givenName@yourdomain.com
- creates proper email addresses, etc. Templates include group membership.
+Q: When creating many users for one department, I need to fill
+ somefields again and again. Is there a shortcut for that?
+A: Just create a user template and pre-fill all values you need. You
+ can use dynamic content, too: uid, sn and givenName will be replaced.
+ i.E. an entry '/home/{%uid}' in homeDirectory will be replaced by the
+ real uid of the user you're creating, {%sn[0-4]}.{%givenName}@yourdomain.com
+ creates proper email addresses, etc. Templates include group membership.
-Q: Can GOsa execute commands after creating/editing/removing users,
- departments, etc.
+ For more details visit:
+ https://oss.gonicus.de/labs/gosa/wiki/PluginInstallationUserTemplates
-A: Yes. Edit /etc/gosa/gosa.conf's menu section. Each plugin may have
- an entry "postremove", "postmodify" and "postcreate". You can use
- ldap attributes as command line options.
- i.E. postcreate="/usr/bin/sudo /usr/local/sbin/ftp.setperms %uid '%givenName'"
+Q: I can see passwords in my logs and in my process list while executing
+ commands, such as postcreate/passwordHook/aso.
-Q: I'd like to modify the look of GOsa to fit our CI. How can I create an
- own theme?
+A: The best way to execute scripts with sensitive data is to use envrionmental
+ variables in your scripts, like shown here:
-A: Themes are splitted into two parts. ihtml/ contains templates which
- generate the ui, html/ contains all parts that must be readable from
- clients. GOsa first looks for predefined files in the directory indirectly
- defined via the "theme" parameter in /etc/gosa/gosa.conf. If it can't
- find them here, it'll use the default one.
+ An example snippet from the gosa.conf
+
+ ---
+ <plugin name='User password' class='password'
+ postmodify="NEWPASSWORD=%new_password /usr/bin/sudo /scripts/myScript.sh"
+ ---
+
+ Another example for the password check hook (The passwordHook is deprecated in GOsa 2.7):
+ ---
+ <location
+ passwordHook="CURRENTPWD=%current_password NEWPWD=%new_password /usr/bin/sudo /scripts/myScript.sh"
+ ---
- So start over by copying html/themes/default to html/themes/yourtheme
- and ihtml/themes/default to ihtml/themes/yourtheme. Change gosa.conf to
- contain theme="yourtheme" in section main. Here are some files to edit:
+ You can then use the variables like this:
+ ---
+ #!/bin/sh
+ echo $CURRENTPWD
+ echo $NEWPWD
+ ---
- * login.tpl -> login screen
- * framework.tpl -> page contents
- * style.css -> stylesheets used by GOsa
- In fact, the rest of the UI is not converted to smarty, yet. Please be
- patient.
+Q: Can GOsa execute commands 'BEFORE' creating/editing/removing users,departments, etc.
+A: Yes. Edit /etc/gosa/gosa.conf's menu section.
+ Each plugin may has an entry "preremove", "premodify" and "precreate".
+ You can use ldap attributes as command line options.
-Q: How can I let a person do administrative tasks under a specific department?
+ i.E.
+ ---
+ precreate="/usr/bin/sudo /usr/local/sbin/ftp.setperms %uid %givenName"
+ ---
-A: Create a group inside this department. Put all administrative people inside,
- go to the "ACL" tab and check all fields these users should be able to adminstrate.
+Q: Can GOsa execute commands 'AFTER' creating/editing/removing users,departments, etc.
-Q: How can I permit users to change some of their own attributes?
+A: Yes. Edit /etc/gosa/gosa.conf's menu section.
+ Each plugin may has an entry "postremove", "postmodify" and "postcreate".
+ You can use ldap attributes as command line options.
-A: Same like the point above, but this rule only works for users own attributes
- by checking the box on the acl page.
+ i.E.
+ ---
+ postcreate="/usr/bin/sudo /usr/local/sbin/ftp.setperms %uid %givenName"
+ ---
-Q: What about applications?
+Q: I'd like to modify the look of GOsa to fit our CI. How can I create anown theme?
-A: GOsa can manage desktop applications in ldap. Create a group and put all users
- in there, which have common desktop settings. Go to the "Application" tab and
- add all applications common to this group. Applications can be created from the
- application plugin.
- The idea behind this feature is a script running on the terminal-servers/
- workstation which check for applications on login (or on a regular basis using
- timestamps). This one will create the corresponding icons on your KDE or GNOME
- desktop.
+A: Themes are splitted into two parts. ihtml/ contains templates which
+ generate the ui, html/ contains all parts that must be readable from
+ clients. GOsa first looks for predefined files in the directory indirectly
+ defined via the "theme" parameter in /etc/gosa/gosa.conf. If it can't
+ find them here, it'll use the default one.
+ So start over by copying html/themes/default to html/themes/yourtheme
+ and ihtml/themes/default to ihtml/themes/yourtheme. Change gosa.conf to
+ contain theme="yourtheme" in section main. Here are some files to edit:
-Q: What's this terminal stuff?
+ * login.tpl -> login screen
+ * framework.tpl -> page contents
+ * style.css -> stylesheets used by GOsa
-A: GOto is - similar to LTSP - a ldap based diskless client system. It is available
- from our projects page.
+Q: How can I let a person do administrative tasks under a specific department?
-Q: I can't select any mailservers. What's wrong?
+A: GOsa 2.6 implements a flexible but complex ACL management, please have a look at
+ the following wiki page: https://oss.gonicus.de/labs/gosa/wiki/DocumentationWritingACLs2.6
+ If you have still questions, please use the mailing list or the forum.
-A: LDAP stores information about all your servers. The server plugin is not ready
- yet, so you've to adjust/add these entries using your favorite ldap tool.
+Q: What about applications?
-Q: GOsa is not in my native language, can I translate it to my language?
+A: GOsa can manage desktop applications in ldap. Create a group and put all users
+ in there, which have common desktop settings. Go to the "Application" tab and
+ add all applications common to this group. Applications can be created from the
+ application plugin.
+ The idea behind this feature is a script running on the terminal-servers/
+ workstation which check for applications on login (or on a regular basis using
+ timestamps). This one will create the corresponding icons on your KDE or GNOME
+ desktop.
-A: Yes. Just go to the locale directory and copy the messages.po file somewhere
- else. Edit the copy and put your translations into the msgstr lines. To be
- included in next GOsa releases, you may want to send it to the GOsa maintainer.
- Finally you need to create a directory with your language code. (i.e. de for
- german) containing the LC_MESSAGES directory. Move your messages.po file there
- and run 'msgfmt messages.po' in that directory. That's it.
- You may need to restart apache, depending on your setup. On Debian, be sure
- to have your locale generated (dpkg-reconfigure locales) before.
+Q: What's this terminal stuff?
-Q: The online help doesn't exist in my language, can i translate it to my language?
+A: GOto is - similar to LTSP - a ldap based diskless client system. It is available
+ from our projects page.
-A: Yes. Just go to the doc/guide/user/en directory and copy the lyx-source directory
- to a new directory in doc/guide/user/<your language>. You have to use the lyx
- program create the online help in your language. When you have finish just run
- ./gen_online_help from the gosa root directory to generate the online docs.
-
-Q: Can I specify some kind of password policies?
-A: You can place the keywords "pwminlen" and "pwdiffer" in the main section of your
- gosa.conf. "pwminlen" specifies how many characters a password must have to be
- accepted. "pwdiffer" contains the number of characters that must be different
- from the previous password.
+Q: I can't select any mailservers. What's wrong?
- Note that these only affect passwords that are set by the user, not by the admins.
+A: It seems that a mail server is missing in your configuration.
+ Create a new server, go to the services tab and add a mailserver
+ service and/or the imap service.
+ For more details, please have a look at the FAQ and
+ https://oss.gonicus.de/labs/gosa/wiki/PluginInstallationMailMethods.
-Q: I've to update passwords on external windows PDCs. Can I add a command to let
- synchronize these for me?
-A: There's the possibility to add a password hook in gosa.conf's main section using
- the keyword "externalpwdhook". The specified command will be executed with
- three parameters: /path/to/your/script username oldpassword newpassword
+Q: Can I specify some kind of password policies?
- So you can call i.e. smbpasswd to handle your password change on the PDC.
+A: You can place the keywords "passwordMinLength" and "passwordMinDiffer" in the main
+ section of your gosa.conf. "passwordMinLength" specifies how many characters a
+ password must have to be accepted. "passwordMinDiffer" contains the number of
+ characters that must be different from the previous password.
+ Note that these only affect passwords that are set by the user, not by the admins.
-Q: What about templates for vacation messages?
-A: Create a directory to keep a set of vacation messages which are readable by the
- user that runs your apache. In this example I'll use /etc/gosa/vacation for that.
- Put your vacation files in there containing a "DESC:some descriptive text" as the
- first line followed by the normal vacation text. You can use all attributes from
- the generic tab. I.e.:
+Q: I've to update passwords on external windows PDCs. Can I
+ add a command to letsynchronize these for me?
- /etc/gosa/vacation/business.txt ------------------------------------------------->8
- DESC:Away from desk
- Hi, I'm currently away from my desk. You can contact me on
- my cell phone via %mobile.
-
- Greetings,
- %givenName %sn
- -----------------------------------------------------------------------------------
+A: There's the possibility to add a hooks in gosa.conf's plugin tags
+ using the "premodify/postmodify" keywords. The specified command
+ will be executed with these additional parameters:
+ * current_password
+ * new_password
+ * userPassword
- Place the config option vacationdir="/etc/gosa/vacation" in the location found in
- gosa.conf and a template box is show in the vacation mail tab.
+ ---
+ <plugin acl="users/password:self" class="password"
+ premodify="/scripts/prepareForPasswordChange %current_password %new_password %uid"
+ check="/scripts/checkPasswordHash %userPassword %dn"
+ postmodify="/scripts/changePassword %dn %uid %userPassword %current_password %new_password %userPassword"
+ >
+ ---
+ For further information about pre- and post hooks search for the premodify and postmodify statements.
-Q: How can I generate automatic ID's for user templates?
+ So you can call i.e. smbpasswd to handle your password change on the PDC.
-A: Add an entry describing your id policy in gosa.conf, location section:
- a) using attributes
- You can specify LDAP attributes (currently only sn and givenName) in braces {}
- and add a percent sign befor it. Optionally you can strip it down to a number
- of characters, specified in []. I.e.
-
- idgen="{%sn}-{%givenName[2-4]}"
-
- will generate an ID using the full surename, adding a dash, and adding at least
- the first two characters of givenName. If this ID is used, it'll use up to four
- characters. If no automatic generation is possible, a input box is shown.
- b) using automatic id's
- I.e. specifying
-
- idgen="acct{id:3}"
+Q: What about templates for vacation messages?
- will generate a three digits id with the next free entry appended to "acct".
-
- idgen="ext{id#3}"
+A: Create a directory to keep a set of vacation messages which are readable by the
+ user that runs your apache. In this example I'll use /etc/gosa/vacation for that.
- will generate a three digits random number appended to "ext".
+ Put your vacation files in there containing a "DESC:some descriptive text" as the
+ first line followed by the normal vacation text. You can use all attributes from
+ the generic tab. I.e.:
+ /etc/gosa/vacation/business.txt
+ ---
+ DESC:Away from desk
+ Hi, I'm currently away from my desk. You can contact me on
+ my cell phone via %mobile.
-Q: I'm migrating from the current LDAP, now GOsa does not allow uid's and group
- with upper/lower case and spaces. What can I do?
+
+ Greetings,
+ %givenName %sn
+ ---
+
+ Place the config option vacationTemplateDirectory="/etc/gosa/vacation" in the location found in
+ gosa.conf and a template box is show in the vacation mail tab.
-A: Include the strict="no" keyword in your gosa.conf's location section.
- WARNING: using strict="no" will cause problems with cyrus/postfix!!
-Q: I'd like to place my users under ou=staff, not under ou=people. Can I change
- this?
+Q: How can I generate automatic ID's for user templates?
-A: Yes. You can change the people and group locations by adding the following
- statements to your location sections:
+A: Add an entry describing your id policy in gosa.conf, location section:
- people="ou=staff"
- groups="ou=crowds"
- After logging in again, people and groups are created in the configured places.
- As a side note, you can leave these strings blank for flat structures, too.
+ 1) Using attributes
+ You can specify LDAP attributes (currently only sn and givenName) in braces {}
+ and add a percent sign befor it. Optionally you can strip it down to a number
+ of characters, specified in []. I.e.
+ ---
+ idGenerator="{%sn}-{%givenName[2-4]}"
+ ---
-Q: I've problems with many objectClass violations/undefined attributes. Can GOsa
- check what's missing?
+ will generate an ID using the full surename, adding a dash, and adding at least
+ the first two characters of givenName. If this ID is used, it'll use up to four
+ characters. If no automatic generation is possible, a input box is shown.
-A: Yes. Move away your gosa.conf and go to the GOsa setup. Follow the steps till
- you can download the config. If you get up to this point, your schema is ok...
+ 2) using automatic id's
+ I.e. specifying
+ ---
+ idGenerator="acct{id:3}"
+ ---
-Q: I really don't want dn's containing the CN for user accounts because I don't
- want to support anonymous binds for uid resolution. Is it possible to have dn's
- containing the uid instead?
+ will generate a three digits id with the next free entry appended to "acct".
-A: Yes. Placing the dnmode="uid" keyword in your gosa.conf's location section will
- solve your problem.
+ ---
+ idGenerator="ext{id#3}"
+ ---
+ will generate a three digits random number appended to "ext".
-Q: Hey, I've installed GOsa, but it claims something about "SID and / or RIDBASE
- are missing in your configuration". What's wrong?
-A: You've configured GOsa to use samba3, but your LDAP has no samba domain object
- inside. Either log into samba for the first time to let it create that object,
- or supply the sid and ridbase for your domain in your gosa.conf's location, i.e.:
- <location name=...>
- ...
- ridbase="1000"
- sid="0-815-4711" \>
- Remember to fill in your real domain sid which is retrievable by the command
- "net getlocalsid".
+Q: I'm migrating from the current LDAP, now GOsa does not allow uid's
+ and groupwith upper/lower case and spaces. What can I do?
+A: Include the strictNamingRules="no" keyword in your gosa.conf's location section.
+
+ WARNING: using strictNamingRules="no" will cause problems with cyrus/postfix!!
-Q: We have massive performance problems with using samba as a member server.
-A: This is a known issue. We're working around this by putting
- <location name=...>
- ...
- sambaidmapping="true"
- ... \>
+Q: I'd like to place my users under ou=staff, not under ou=people. Can I changethis?
+
+ Yes. You can change the people and group locations by adding the following
+ statements to your location sections:
+
+ ---
+ userRDN="ou=staff"
+ groupRDN="ou=crowds"
+ ---
+
+ After logging in again, people and groups are created in the configured places.
+ As a side note, you can leave these strings blank for flat structures, too.
+
+
+
+
+Q: I really don't want dn's containing the CN for user accounts because I don't
+ want to support anonymous binds for uid resolution.
+ Is it possible to have dn'scontaining the uid instead?
+
+A: Yes. Placing the accountPrimaryAttribute="uid" keyword in your gosa.conf's location
+ section will solve your problem.
+
+
+
+
+Q: Hey, I've installed GOsa, but it claims something about "SID and / or RIDBASE
+ are missing in your configuration". What's wrong?
+
+A: You've configured GOsa to use samba3, but your LDAP has no samba domain object
+ inside. Either log into samba for the first time to let it create that object,
+ or supply the sid and ridbase for your domain in your gosa.conf's location, i.e.:
+
+ ---
+ <location name=...>
+ ...
+ sambaRidBase="1000"
+ sambaSID="0-815-4711" \>
+ ---
+
+ Remember to fill in your real domain sid which is retrievable by the command
+ "net getlocalsid".
+
+
+
+Q: We have massive performance problems with using samba as a member server.
+
+A: This is a known issue. We're working around this by putting
+
+ ---
+ <location name=...>
+ ...
+ sambaIdMapping="true"
+ ... \>
+ ---
into the configuration. GOsa will write the additional objectClass sambaIdmapEntry
to the group and user objects.
into the configuration. GOsa will write the additional objectClass sambaIdmapEntry
to the group and user objects.
-Q: I get 'The value specified as GID/UID number is too small' when forcing IDs. Why?
-A: This is an additional security feature, so that no one can fall back to uid 0. The
- default minimum ID is 100. You can set it to every value you like by specifying
+Q: I get 'The value specified as GID/UID number is too small' when forcing IDs. Why?
+
+A: This is an additional security feature, so that no one can fall back to uid 0. The
+ default minimum ID is 100. You can set it to every value you like by specifying
+
+ ---
+ <location name=...>
+ ...
+ minId="40"
+ ... \>
+ ---
+
+ in your configuration. In this example 40 will be the smallest ID you can enter.
+
+
+
+Q: Aahhrg. I've updated to a new version and my gosa.conf seems to be broken.
+
+A: Some parameters may have changed. Please move your gosa.conf away and re-run the setup.
+
+
+
+
+Q: I've saved my windows workstations in other locations like GOsa is doing it
+ for decades. Is there a way to change this?
+
+A: Yes. Use the sambaMachineAccountRDN parameter in your location section:
+
+ ---
+ <location name=...>
+ ...
+ sambaMachineAccountRDN="ou=machineaccounts"
+ ... \>
+ ---
+
+
+
+Q: I'd like to have TLS based LDAP connections from within GOsa. Is this possible?
+
+A: Yes, add
+
+ ---
+ <location ...>
+ ...
+ ldapTLS="true"
+ ... \>
+ ---
+
+ to the location section of GOsa. This switch affects LDAP connections for a single location only.
+
+
+
+Q: Cyrus folder get created in the style user.username. I prefer the unix
+ hirachystyle user/username. Is it possible to change this?
+
+A: Yes, add
+
+
+ ---
+ <location
+ cyrusUseSlashes="true"
+ ---
+
+ to the location or main section of GOsa and the folders are created in unix style.
+
+
+
+Q: I've a cyrus installation with customized user and folder prefixes.
+ How can I tell GOsa to use the prefixes I prefer?
+
+A: Simply set the following attributes in the location tag of your gosa.conf:
+
+ ---
+ <location
+ mailUserCreation="myprefix/%mail%"
+ mailFolderCreation="myfolder\\.%cn%@%domain%"
+ ---
+
+
+ The dot in the above example is escaped to prevent it from replacing with '/' if
+ cyrusUseSlashes is set to true.
+
+
+ You can use the following replacements:
+ ---
+ %cn% - The groups cn.
+ %uid% - The users uid.
+ %prefix% - The default prefix used by the mailmethod.
+ %uattrib% - The configured mailAttribute="" (gosa.conf).
+ %domain% - The domain part of the given mail address. (user@domain.com = domain.com)
+ %mailpart% - The user part of the mail address. (user@domain.com = user)
+ %mail% - The complete mail address.
+ ---
+
+
+
+Q: I want to use cyrus for multiple mail domains, but GOsa uses the 'uid' attribute
+ for account namens, how do I change this to 'mail'?
+
+A: Just add/modify the following line to/in your gosa.conf:
+
+ ---
+ <location
+ ...
+ mailAttribute="mail"
+ ---
+
+
+
+Q: I'd like to do special checks for several plugin parameters. How can I modify
+ GOsa to take care of these checks?
+
+A: No need to modify anything. Just add a hook the the plugin you'd like to
+ check:
+
+ ---
+ check="/your/command/binary"
+ ---
+
+ This binary will get an ldif to STDIN for analysis and may write an error message
+ to STDOUT. Note, that the supplied ldif may NOT be the original target ldif due
+ to technical reasons.
+
+
+
+Q: Is there a way to use ACL independet filtering when using administrative units?
+
+A: Yes. Set "honourUnitTags" to "true" in your gosa.conf's location section.
+
+
+
+Q: How can i active the account expiration code for the gosa interface?
+
+A: Yes. Just set "handleExpiredAccounts" to "true" in your gosa.conf's main section.
+
+
+
+Q: What is the correct connection string for a Kolab server in GOsa?
+
+A: Try {localhost:143/novalidate-cert}.
+
+
+
+Q: Sieve is not working from GOsa - there are authentication problems
+ with this service, IMAP/POP is working. What's wrong?
+
+A: Verify that the paramater sasl_auto_transition: no is not present in your imap.conf
+
+
+
+Q: I have a SIEVE problem - "Can't log into SIEVE server. Server says //. -
+
+A: Probably something is wrong with the authentification which is used by timesieved.
+ * Check if you can login with "sieveshell" on this host.
+ * Also check "telnet localhost 2000" - Is there any output about "Plain Login"?
+
+ Please verify the ldap imap attributes, like goImapSieveServer and goImapSievePort.
+ These value can be modified using the server->services tab in GOsa 2.6.
+
+ Here is an older, but maybe helpful solution for Cyrus-Imapd 2.1.5 on SuSE 9.0:
+ * Install the "cyrus-sasl-plain" rpm from the distro-cd (This packet contains "sasl2/libplain" library).
+ * Modify your /etc/imap.conf:
+
+ ---
+ sasl_pwcheck_method: saslauthd
+ sasl_mech_list: plain login
+ ---
+
+ * Modify your /etc/sysconfig/saslauthd:
+
+ ---
+ SASLAUTHD_AUTHMECH=pam
+ ---
+
+
+Q: Slapd does not start after adding or changing schema files to the slapd config. What can I do?
+
+A: Check the order of how slapd loads the schema files.
+ Order of schema loading matters, because some schemas depend on other
+ schemas being already loaded. For a working order of the schema files
+ look here: https://oss.gonicus.de/labs/gosa/wiki/InstallingLdap
+
+
+
+Q: Slapd does not start with kolab2.schema included. It claims that thedefinition of
+ calFBURL is missing. What can I do?
+
+A: For Kolab to work correctly you have to include the rfc2739.schema
+ in your slapd.conf. Insert it before the kolab2.schema
+
+
+
+Q: New implementations of OpenLDAP seem to require {sasl} instead of {kerberos}
+ in password hashes. GOsa writes the wrong string. What can I do?
+
+A: You can set "useSaslForKerberos" to "true" in your gosa.conf's main section.
+
+
- <location name=...>
- ...
- minid="40"
- ... \>
+Q: Is there a way to add the personalTitle attribute the the users dn?
- in your configuration. In this example 40 will be the smallest ID you can enter.
+A: Just add this line into the location section of your gosa.conf.
-Q: Aahhrg. I've updated to a new version and my gosa.conf seems to be broken.
+ ---
+ <location
+ ...
+ personalTitleInDN="true"
+ ---
-A: Some parameters have changed. Please call the fix_config.sh script which is in
- the contrib directory.
-Q: I've saved my windows workstations in other locations like GOsa is doing it
- for decades. Is there a way to change this?
+Q: I'd like to assign different uid bases for certain user/group objects.How can this be achieved?
-A: Yes. Use the winstation parameter in your location section:
+A: Use the 'baseIdHook' in your gosa.conf's location section to specify a script
+ which handles the ID generation externaly. It get's called with the "dn"
+ and the attribute to be ID'd. It should return an integer value.
- <location name=...>
- ...
- winstations="ou=machineaccounts"
- ... \>
-Q: GOsa doesn't seem to follow my referrals. What can I do?
+Q: I'd like to use rfc2307bis compliant groups. Is this possible?
-A: Place the option 'recursive = "true"' inside your locations definition
- and you should be fine.
+A: Yes - place the rfc2307bis="true" inside of the location section of
+ your gosa.conf. Remember, that you can't create empty groups in this mode.
-Q: I'd like to have TLS based LDAP connections from within GOsa. Is this possible?
-A: Yes, add
+Q: GOsa sessions expire too quick. Is there a way to change this?
- <location ...>
- ...
- tls="true"
- ... \>
+A: Yes. Set "sessionLifetime" to the number of seconds of inactivity. 7200
+ (60x60x2) would be for two hours. Place this option inside the main
+ section of your gosa.conf.
- to the location section of GOsa. This switch affects LDAP connections for a single location only.
-
-Q: Cyrus folder get created in the style user.username. I prefer the unix hirachy
- style user/username. Is it possible to change this?
-A: Yes, add
+Q: Is there a way to let users change passwords without logging into GOsa?
- <main ...>
- ...
- cyrusunixstyle="true"
- ... \>
+A: Yes. Browse to "password.php". You can preset a couple of things i.e.:
- to the main section of GOsa and the folders are created in unix style.
+ ---
+ http://your.admin.server/password.php?uid=cajus&method=md5&directory=GONICUS+GmbH
+ ---
-Q: I'd like to do special checks for several plugin parameters. How can I modify
- GOsa to take care of these checks?
-A: No need to modify anything. Just add a hook the the plugin you'd like to
- check:
+Q: GOsa only shows 300 entries at a time. Is this normal?
- check="/your/command/binary"
+A: There's a default sizelimit. You can set the "ldapSizelimit" option in your
+ gosa.conf's location section to a higher value to get rid of it.
- This binary will get an ldif to STDIN for analysis and may write an error message
- to STDOUT. Note, that the supplied ldif may NOT be the original target ldif due
- to technical reasons.
-
-Q: Is there a way to use ACL independet filtering when using administrative units?
-A: Yes. Set STRICT_UNITS to "true" in your gosa.conf's location section.
+Q: I have problems with my ldap server when I open groups with a
+ huge amount of members, what can I do?
+A: You can set a nesting limit which ensures that the user names will not be
+ resolved if the amount of members reaches this limit.
-Q: How can i active the account expiration code for the gosa interface?
+ ---
+ <location
+ ...
+ ldapFilterNestingLimit="100"
+ ---
-A: Yes. Just set "account_expiration" to "true" in your gosa.conf's main section.
+Q: I want to disable the "Is the configuration file up to date?" check when logging in.
+ How can I disable this check?
-Q: What is the correct connection string for a Kolab server in GOsa?
+A: Just set the configVersion attribute to an empty value:
-A: Try {localhost:143/novalidate-cert}.
+ ---
+ <conf configVersion="" >
+ ---
-Q: Sieve is not working from GOsa - there are authentication problems
- with this service, IMAP/POP is working. What's wrong?
-A: Verify that the paramater sasl_auto_transition: no is not
- present in your imap.conf
+Q: I've shredded my access control and am not able to do anything from now on.
+ Is there a way to override the ACL?
+A: Yes. Insert the following statement in the location section of your gosa.conf:
-Q: Slapd does not start with kolab2.schema included. It claims that the
- definition of calFBURL is missing. What can I do?
+ ---
+ ignoreAcl="your user's dn"
+ ---
-A: For Kolab to work correctly you have to include the rfc2739.schema
- in your slapd.conf. Insert it before the kolab2.schema
+Q: I can't logon as Administration, what is wrong?
-Q: Is there a way to let GOsa automatically fill missing fields in the network
- configuration?
+A: It looks like you are missing an administrativ account.
+ In newer versions of GOsa you can simply re-run the setup and create
+ an admin account on the migration page.
-A: Sure. You can specify the "auto_network_hook" option and provide the contributed
- script "net-resolver.sh" in your gosa.conf. If this is configured, you're
- getting an additional button in each network dialog.
+ Additionally you can set ignoreACL in GOsa 2.6, just search the FAQ.
-Q: New implementations of OpenLDAP seem to require {sasl} instead of {kerberos}
- in password hashes. GOsa writes the wrong string. What can I do?
-A: You can set "krbsasl" to "true" in your gosa.conf's main section.
+Q: The Unix's user's shell list is empty (unconfigured)
+A: Just copy or link your /etc/shell in /etc/gosa.
-Q: Is there a way to add the personalTitle attribute the the users dn?
-A: Just add this line into the location section of your gosa.conf.
- <location name=...
- include_personal_title="true"
- ...>
+Q: After upgrading GOsa, the setup.php doesn't work or looks broken.
-Q: I'd like to assign different uid bases for certain user/group objects.
- How can this be achieved?
+A: You should delete all files in /var/spool/gosa
-A: Use the base_hook in your gosa.conf's location section to specify a script
- which handles the ID generation externaly. It get's called with the "dn"
- and the attribute to be ID'd. It should return an integer value.
+ ---
+ # cd /var/spool/gosa
+ # rm -rf *
+ ---
-Q: I'd like to use rfc2307bis compliant groups. Is this possible?
-A: Yes - place the rfc2307bis="true" inside of the location section of
- your gosa.conf. Remember, that you can't create empty groups in this mode.
+Q: After installing GOsa using an existing LDAP tree, my user accounts are not listed.
+A: You need to add the following objectClasses to your accounts:
-Q: Can GOsa show some vendor information for given MAC addresses?
+ ---
+ objectClass: person
+ objectClass: organizationalPerson
+ ---
-A: Yes. Download http://standards.ieee.org/regauth/oui/oui.txt and place
- it in /etc/gosa/oui.txt.
+ The setup will automatically migrate those accounts, see migration step in GOsa setup!
-Q: GOsa sessions expire too quick. Is there a way to change this?
+Q: Is it possible to login with the users mail address too?
-A: Yes. Set "session_lifetime" to the number of seconds of inactivity. 7200
- (60x60x2) would be for two hours. Place this option inside the main
- section of your gosa.conf.
-
+A: Yes, just add the following line to your gosa.conf:
-Q: Microsoft Internet Explorer <=6 seems paints strange blocks around
- images.
+ ---
+ <location
+ ...
+ loginAttribute="mail"
+ ---
-A: Use Firefox, Konqueror, Safari, Opera, IE >= 7, etc. IE is broken and
- I don't want to waste my time with working around this old crap. There's
- a quick hack, if you just put "ie_png_workaround='true'" inside the main
- section of your gosa.conf. This is a JavaScript based workaround and I've
- to place a WARNING here, that it is damn slow if you've large lists to
- display.
+ or for both, uid and mail:
- If you have much time, you can provide a seamless integration with MS
- filter css extension.
+ ---
+ <location
+ ...
+ loginAttribute="uid,mail"
+ ---
-Q: Is there a way to let users change passwords without logging into GOsa?
+Q: GOsa doesn't seem to follow my referrals. What can I do?
-A: Yes. Browse to "password.php". You can preset a couple of things i.e.:
+A: Place the option 'ldapFollowReferrals = "true"' inside your locations definition
+ and you should be fine.
- http://your.admin.server/password.php?uid=cajus&method=md5&directory=GONICUS+GmbH
+Q: GOsa is not in my native language, can I translate it to my language?
-Q: GOsa only shows 300 entries at a time. Is this normal?
+ Yes. Just go to the locale directory and copy the messages.po file somewhere
+ else. (Translation is splitted into core and plugin translation files).
+ Edit the copy and put your translations into the msgstr lines. To be
+ included in next GOsa releases, you may want to send it to the GOsa maintainer.
+ Finally you need to create a directory with your language code. (i.e. de for
+ german) containing the LC_MESSAGES directory. Move your messages.po file there
+ and run 'msgfmt messages.po' in that directory. That's it.
-A: There's a default sizelimit. You can set the "sizelimit" option in your
- gosa.conf's location section to a higher value to get rid of it.
+ You may need to restart apache, depending on your setup. On Debian, be sure
+ to have your locale generated (dpkg-reconfigure locales) before.