Quickr (Domino): Supporting different users with same CN

If you do have more than one user with the same common name but with different OU/O attributes (e.g. “Test User/ONECOMPANY” and “Test User/SECONDCOMPANY”) you need to add an additional config parameter to your QPCONFIG.XML within the “<userdirectory> </userdirectory>” section:

[codesyntax lang=”xml” title=”qpconfig.xml”]

<user_directory>
...
	<use_whole_dn_for_member_nsf_lookup enabled="true"/>
... 
</user_directory>

[/codesyntax]

Otherwise the e-mail attribute of the users are not set correctly if you add them to a member list of a place. This parameter exists since Quickr 8.1 FP8109 and is documented in the readme of the fixpacks but it seems it is not very well known …

Unattended upgrade of Quickr connectors

If you have installed one of the newer versions of the Quickr connectors you are no longer able to update the connectors via an unattended installation as described in this posting. If you are using a command line similar to

qkrconn.exe /install /quiet  ADDLOCAL=WindowsExplorer,MicrosoftOffice

the installation will fail if there is already a connector installed. To solve this issue you need to use the following command line:

qkrconn.exe /install /quiet  REINSTALL=WindowsExplorer,MicrosoftOffice

For a new installation you still need to use “ADDLOCAL” instead of “REINSTAL” so your software distribution package should check if a connector is already installed and use th correct parameter.

Urlaub vorbei …

Leider ist der Urlaub schon wieder vorbei und wir können uns noch nicht so wirklich an das Wetter hier gewöhnen. Nach 28 Grad und Sonnenschein ist es doch eine ziemliche Umgewöhung.

Aber wir sind gut erholt, das Hotel “RIU Arecas” war wieder, wie nicht anders zu erwarten, sehr gut. Dieses Mal waren relativ viele Russen auf der Insel. Allerdings nicht die Super-Reichen (die gehen nicht in Hotels, wo wir absteigen :-)), von denen man meistens nichts gutes hört, sondern eher Familien aus dem gehobener Mittelstand, die sehr angenehm waren.

Wir hatten eine Woche einen Mietwagen und haben uns die Insel ein wenig angeschaut. Die Highlight sind natürlich der Teide-Nationalpark sowie der Loro-Parque in Puerto de la Cruz. Die Fotos sind auch schon auf Flick online. Die GPS-Tracks der Ausflüge kann man auf  GPSED.COM anschauen.

Lotus Connections: Be careful with backup of config files

If I change configuration files I normally make a backup copy before. So did I with the file “LotusConnections-config.xml” of Lotus Connections 2.5. However, after I did that, Lotus Connections did no longer start and ended up with a bunch of java errors. My collegue Martti Garden reminded me, that we had this issue already in the past.

It does happen, if you store a copy of the “LotusConnections-config.xml” in the same directory as the file itself. Even if the file has another prefix (e.g. “Copy of …”) the error occurs. Another suffix (e.g. “LotusConnections-config.xml.OLD”) seems to work.

So be careful!  And I will hopefully remember the next time and avoid some hours of debugging …

Update: Grrr. I just realized that I did post exact the same issue one year ago 🙁 It seems I need to search my blog the next time I do have a problem …

Deleting Registry Keys via Batch

For me to remember:

[codesyntax lang=”text” title=”Registry Key”]

Windows Registry Editor Version 5.00

[-HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\key_to_be_deleted]

[/codesyntax]

If you want to delete a key from the registry you place a “-” before the name of the key in the registry file.

Example:

If your registry file is called “sample.reg” you can now issue the command “regedit sample.reg /s” and the key “key_to_be_deleted” including all subkeys are deleted from the registry.