JNDI Lookup

[William Rice]

1.)
I develope on my local machine and I am trying to lookuo a organizational unit on my machine.
I am working with windows server 2000 and active directory. I have an OU named sales. And when I run the following program:
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import javax.naming.*;
public class JNDILookupAny
{
public static void main(String[] args) {
if (args.length !=1) {
System.err.println ("Usage: JNDILookupAny JNDIname");
System.exit(1);
}
try {
Context ic = new InitialContext();
Object o = ic.lookup(args[0]);
System.out.println(args[0]+"="+0);
}
catch (NamingException ex) {
System.err.println("Nameexcp: "+ex);
System.exit(1);
}
catch (ClassCastException ex) {
System.err.println("classcast: "+ex);
System.exit(1);
}
}
}
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I run the program with the following parameter.
java JNDILookupAny "ou=sales". I get the following error
javax.naming.NameNotFoundException: "ou=sales"
2.) My DSN is bill.zone.com and I set up a properties file withe the follwing lines:
java.naming.factory.inirial=com.zone.bill.naming.SerialInitContextFactory
java.naming.provider.url=localhost:1099
java.naming.factory.url.pkgs=com.zone.bill.naming
is this correct?

[meka toka]

From what i understand,
* You are under the impression that if the application in which you are doing a JNDI lookup exists on the same machine as your client is, then you can do a local lookup.
But that is not true, unless both client and server exist on same JVM you cant do a local lookup.
* And So when you are doing a remote lookup for any JNDI object then there are certain recommended places where the objects will be placed on the system.
Are you sure you are refering to that place ?
Regards,
Meka Toka
[ April 18, 2003: Message edited by: meka toka ]

[William Rice]

MEKA, my virtual machine is running on the same machine as the client and the server.
My client where I develop is also my server and this is where the active directory exist.
I think this is what you mean when you say the JVM and JNDI service should be running on the same
client/server?
Thanks