SuSE eMail Server II - Post installation message: 'BaseDN is empty'

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Applies to

SuSE eMail-Server: Version 2.0

Symptom

You have installed the SuSE eMail Server II with YaST1, and after an apparently sucessfull installation, recieved the error message: "BaseDN is empty".

Reason

Since version 2.0 of the SuSE eMail server, the installation of the server can be sucessfully installed with YaST2 (The graphical installaiton tool). If you have used YaST1 to install the server, there will be some settings that will not be completed.

If you prefer a text based installation, you can use YaST2 in text mode (described in the eMail Server Handbook, page 17, section 4.1). YaST1 should be used only as an 'Emergency solution', for example, if you are having problems with hardware detection.

Solution

The post installation settings can be easily set with YaST2 in text mode. Call YaST2 with the following command:

yast2 imap

Once YaST2 appears, follow the steps described in the SuSE eMail Server Handbook on page 27, section 4.12. The figures in the book show the graphical interface of YaST2, however, you will be working with the text mode version of YaST2 (everything else is identical - and should be self evident).

Please note that the setup of BaseDN with YaST2 can only be sucessfull if the LDAP database has not yet been initialized. This menu option is only designed to use once (at the initial set up of the LDAP server).


Keywords: EMAIL, SERVER IMAP, BASEDN, LDAP, INSTALLATION

Categories: Installation

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