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--- a/FAQ
+++ b/FAQ
You may need to restart apache, depending on your setup. On Debian, be sure
to have your locale generated (dpkg-reconfigure locales) before.
+
Q: The online help doesn't exist in my language, can i translate it to my language?
A: Yes. Just go to the doc/guide/user/en directory and copy the lyx-source directory
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
@@ -242,12 +244,6 @@ A: This is an additional security feature, so that no one can fall back to uid 0
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 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?
@@ -269,12 +265,12 @@ Q: I'd like to have TLS based LDAP connections from within GOsa. Is this possibl
A: Yes, add
- <main ...>
+ <location ...>
...
tls="true"
... \>
- to the main section of GOsa. This switch affects all LDAP connections.
+ 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
Q: Is there a way to let GOsa automatically fill missing fields in the network
configuration?
-A: Sure. You can specify the "auto_network_conf" option and provide the contributed
+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.
include_personal_title="true"
...>
+
+Q: I'd like to assign different uid bases for certain user/group objects.
+ How can this be achieved?
+
+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.
+
+
+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: Can GOsa show some vendor information for given MAC addresses?
+
+A: Yes. Download http://standards.ieee.org/regauth/oui/oui.txt and place
+ it in /etc/gosa/oui.txt.
+
+
+Q: GOsa sessions expire too quick. Is there a way to change this?
+
+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.
+
+
+Q: Microsoft Internet Explorer <=6 paints strange blocks around images.
+ What's up with this?
+
+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: it is damn slow if you've large lists to display.
+
+ If you have much time, you can provide a seamless integration with MS
+ filter css extension.
+
+
+Q: Is there a way to let users change passwords without logging into GOsa?
+
+A: Yes. Browse to "password.php". You can preset a couple of things i.e.:
+
+ http://your.admin.server/password.php?uid=cajus&method=md5&directory=GONICUS+GmbH
+
+
+Q: GOsa only shows 300 entries at a time. Is this normal?
+
+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.
+
+
+Q: Is it possible to see some kind of information about how many objects
+ get shown in the list I'm currently looking at?
+
+A: Just add "list_summary = 'true'" inside the main section of your gosa.conf.
+
+
+Q: Is it possible to login with the users mail address too?
+
+A: Yes, just add the following line to your gosa.conf:
+ <location ...
+ auth_mail="true"
+ ...>
+
+
+Q: I want to use cyrus for multiple mail domains, but GOsa uses the 'uid' attribute
+ for account names, how do I change this to 'mail'?
+
+A: Just add/modify the following line to/in your gosa.conf:
+ <location ...
+ mail_uattrib="mail"
+ ...>
+
+Q: When creating mail group with a Kolab server i got this error message
+ "Object class violation (invalid structural object class chain (posixGroup/kolabSharedFolder)"
+
+A: In your kolab2.schema objectclass kolabSharedFolder change
+ 'SUP top STRUCTURAL' to 'SUP top AUXILIARY'