Unable to Open novfs Interface -- plz help

[needee]

OS: SLES 10
Dear Experts after installing, eDirectory 8.8, iManager, and ConsoleOne, I reboot the machine, and getting the following failure message, during system boot:
1a,
Starting novell novfs daemon...
FATAL: Module novfs not found.
FATAL: Module novfs not found.
mount: unknown filesystem type 'novfs'
Unable to Open novfs Interface
start_daemon: exit status of parent of /opt/novell/ncl/bin/novfsd: 255 failed

1b,
likewise when i shutdown the system, I got the following failure message
Stopping novell novfs daemon...
ERROR: Module novfs does not exist in /proc/modules failed

2, during system startup/boot, I also receive the following message
Executing customized settings after starting the Novell eDirectory server...
Novell eDirectory LDAP Server is not listening on the TCP port.
Novell eDirectory LDAP Server is not listening on the TLS port.


Plz help
Regards

[ch@meleon]

Hi again

Try and do an online update via yast. You can select the novfs package. This should fix the novfs issue.

Regarding the edir issue. Have you already started using edirectory? or is this a test system?

cd /var/opt/novell/eDirectory/data
rm ndsd.pid (removes old pid file)
rcndsd start (this restarts edir)

then cd /opt/novell/eDirectory/bin
then execute ndsstat to verify that edir is up

Let me know if this works...If it doesn't there are few other things we can check out.

I don't see any feedback. Are these suggestions helping?

Regards

[needee]

Many Thanks for help/support

for edir issue

I dont find the ndsd.pid file
# cd /var/opt/novell/eDirectory/data/
srv102:/var/opt/novell/eDirectory/data # ls
dib dsreports dstrace embox nds-http slconfig.xml

srv102:/var/opt/novell/eDirectory/data # cd /opt/novell/eDirectory/bin
srv102:/opt/novell/eDirectory/bin # ./ndsstat
No instances of eDirectory Server are configured.
srv102:/opt/novell/eDirectory/bin # rcndsd start
cat: /usr/sbin/etc/opt/novell/eDirectory/conf/nds.conf: No such file or directory
cat: /usr/sbin/etc/opt/novell/eDirectory/conf/nds.conf: No such file or directory
cat: /usr/sbin/etc/opt/novell/eDirectory/conf/nds.conf: No such file or directory
Novell eDirectory server /usr/sbin/opt/novell/eDirectory/sbin/ndsd not found.
failed
>I don't see any feedback. Are these suggestions helping?
Dear, I think I am providing feedback ... plz let me know how can i provide feedback more efficiently/better

Regards

[needee]

Regarding the edir issue. Have you already started using edirectory? or is this a test system?

This is a test box, and I have installed/uninstalled eDir 8.8, on this machine several times

[ch@meleon]

Sorry about that...I tend to be a little anxious sometimes.

[ch@meleon]

I believe that its server2 that you got the above info from.

The reason why you did not find a pid file there is because you have not manged to get server 2 configured yet and a pid only gets created once edirectory is successfully started.

There are a few important edir files and /etc/opt/novell/eDirectory/conf/nds.conf is one of them...( This holds your configuration for the edir server)...do a less on this file on servera to view the config. You will see some important info including port assisgnments etc

I am certain that you have a pid file in servera.

Check out the troubleshooting steps in the thread about connecting serverb to servera's edirectory....Lets fix that first.

Regards

[needee]

I believe that its server2 that you got the above info from.

The reason why you did not find a pid file there is because you have not manged to get server 2 configured yet and a pid only gets created once edirectory is successfully started.

There are a few important edir files and /etc/opt/novell/eDirectory/conf/nds.conf is one of them...( This holds your configuration for the edir server)...do a less on this file on servera to view the config. You will see some important info including port assisgnments etc

I am certain that you have a pid file in servera.

Check out the troubleshooting steps in the thread about connecting serverb to servera's edirectory....Lets fix that first.

Regards

No Dear this is srv102, neither its a serverb, nor its server 2. It has no connection with any other server(server a, as you writen).
Ok, pid file only created when eDir starts, but in my case eDir fails to run
#rcndsd start
cat: /usr/sbin/etc/opt/novell/eDirectory/conf/nds.conf: No such file or directory
cat: /usr/sbin/etc/opt/novell/eDirectory/conf/nds.conf: No such file or directory
cat: /usr/sbin/etc/opt/novell/eDirectory/conf/nds.conf: No such file or directory
Novell eDirectory server /usr/sbin/opt/novell/eDirectory/sbin/ndsd not found. failed
This machine srv102 is an independent eDir server, and I will create a new tree, if eDir properly/succesfuly run on this server.

Thanks again for your continous support/help
Regard

[ch@meleon]

Is this independent from the other issue that I am assisting you with?