Using TDI 611 on Ubuntu Linux

Dave Hay

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Dec 9, 2009, 11:11:16 AM12/9/09

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Appreciating that it's NOT supported, has anyone had any +ve / -ve
experience using TDI 6.1.1 FP7 on Ubuntu ?

I'm trying, and failing, to get the Config Editor to work on my
Thinkpad T60p running Ubuntu 9.10 ( Karmic ).

As root ( sudo xterm ), I run the command: -

/opt/IBM/TDI/V6.1.1/ibmditk

and, once the splash screen has disappeared, I get a single window,
entitled "IBM Tivoli Directory Integrator", hanging on the desktop
with no content, error messages, warnings etc.

If I run the same command as a non-root user, I see: -

java.io.FileNotFoundException: logs/ibmditk.log (Permission denied)

and: -

CTGDIC229E The library cache file is missing

but with a similar plain window.

I can confirm that, as non-root, the tdilibrary directory structure is
created under the user's home directory, with the cache file and
config sub-directory.

It's worth noting that, as root, I *AM* able to run: -

/opt/IBM/TDI/V6.1.1/ibmdisrv -d

and I have reviewed: -

http://groups.google.com/group/ibm.software.network.directory-integrator/browse_thread/thread/701615cc5550c90b/c5a13aedb94c60a0?lnk=gst&q=ubuntu#c5a13aedb94c60a0

which alludes to the need for libstdc++5, which I do have.

Any thoughts ?

Dave Hay

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Dec 9, 2009, 11:47:18 AM12/9/09

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On Dec 9, 4:11 pm, Dave Hay <david_...@uk.ibm.com> wrote:
> Appreciating that it's NOT supported, has anyone had any +ve / -ve
> experience using TDI 6.1.1 FP7 on Ubuntu ?
>
> I'm trying, and failing, to get the Config Editor to work on my
> Thinkpad T60p running Ubuntu 9.10 ( Karmic ).
>
> As root ( sudo xterm ), I run the command: -
>
> /opt/IBM/TDI/V6.1.1/ibmditk
>
> and, once the splash screen has disappeared, I get a single window,
> entitled "IBM Tivoli Directory Integrator", hanging on the desktop
> with no content, error messages, warnings etc.
>
> If I run the same command as a non-root user, I see: -
>
> java.io.FileNotFoundException: logs/ibmditk.log (Permission denied)
>
> and: -
>
> CTGDIC229E The library cache file is missing
>
> but with a similar plain window.
>
> I can confirm that, as non-root, the tdilibrary directory structure is
> created under the user's home directory, with the cache file and
> config sub-directory.
>
> It's worth noting that, as root, I *AM* able to run: -
>
> /opt/IBM/TDI/V6.1.1/ibmdisrv -d
>
> and I have reviewed: -
>

> http://groups.google.com/group/ibm.software.network.directory-integra...

>
> which alludes to the need for libstdc++5, which I do have.
>
> Any thoughts ?

I think I've cracked it - it looks like the TDI installer had set
TDI_SOLDIR to be /home/hayd/TDI whereas I was trying to run TDI as
root.

I found this by inspecting the ibmditk shell script, which explicitly
sets TDI_SOLDIR ( probably based upon the installation ). I can either
amend the script, or merely set the TDI_SOLDIR environment variable
( using the export command ).

Once I figured this out, and set TDI_SOL=/root/TDI ( a directory which
I'd previously created ), I re-ran ibmditk and saw: -

CTGDIC019W Your solution directory /root/TDI does not contain solution
files. Do you want to create them ?

to which I responded "Yeah, baby".

TDI is now working ....

Now onto bigger and better things - to pull users out of Domino groups
via LDAP and poke them into DB2 for use in Lotus Connections 2.5 ....

Peter

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Dec 9, 2009, 11:17:24 PM12/9/09

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I was amazed the other day to discover the AMC was smart enough to
look at my user creds for login credentials into the amc console
WITHOUT ME SETTING UP A LOGIN Conf! - your discovery doesn't surprise
me - TDI 7 seems to be awfully smart. Smart enough to not let you run
it as root ;-)

Peter