These are notes from installing eDirectory 8.8.2 on an OES server some time ago. I came across these notes and they might come in hand sometime:

SLP installeren: rpm -ivh "slp RPM van eDir882.iso"
SLP starten: /etc/init.d/slpuasa start
NICI installeren: rpm -ivh "nici rpm van eDir882.iso"
NICI initialiseren: ln -sf /var/opt/novell/nici /var/novell/nici
NICI servermode: /var/opt/novell/nici/set_server_mode

From the eDir882.iso:

eDir installatie: ./nds-install 
	Novell eDirectory Server
	Novell eDirectory Administration Utilities

• vi /etc/bash.bashrc.local

	. /opt/novell/eDirectory/bin/ndspath

ndsconfig new -t SHIFT-TREE -n SERVICES.SHIFT -a admin.SHIFT -S SERVER01

• admin.SHIFT: ww: beheer

Keep all other options default

Config File    : /etc/opt/novell/eDirectory/conf/nds.conf
Instance Location     : /var/opt/novell/eDirectory/data
DIB Location          : /var/opt/novell/eDirectory/data/dib

/etc/opt/novell/eDirectory/conf/nds.conf:
sles10:~ # cat /etc/opt/novell/eDirectory/conf/nds.conf
n4u.server.vardir=/var/opt/novell/eDirectory/data
n4u.nds.dibdir=/var/opt/novell/eDirectory/data/dib
n4u.server.interfaces=192.168.177.100@524
http.server.interfaces=192.168.177.100@8028
https.server.interfaces=192.168.177.100@8030
n4u.server.libdir=/opt/novell/eDirectory/lib
n4u.server.configdir=/etc/opt/novell/eDirectory/conf
http.server.module-base=/var/opt/novell/eDirectory/data/nds-http/
n4u.server.log-file=/var/opt/novell/eDirectory/log/ndsd.log
n4u.nds.server-name=SERVER01
n4u.base.tree-name=SHIFT-TREE
n4u.nds.preferred-server=SLES10
n4u.nds.server-context=SERVICES.SHIFT
https.server.cached-cert-dn=SSL CertificateIP - SERVER01.SERVICES.SHIFT