WNA and Firefox

Where IE supports Windows Native Authentication sort of 'Out of the Box', Firefox does not. Here's how to enable Windows Native Authentication (WNA) in forefox:
- type 'about:config' in the address bar
- navigate to the entry 'network.negotiate-auth.trusted-uris' (tip: set the search filter to "network.negotiate"
- enter the domains you want WNA to act upon, e.g. "home.local".
Multiple domains are to be separated by commas; e.g. "home.local,home.networked" - earlier releases indicate that a leading dot is required (e.g. ".home.local" instaed of "home.local")

How to unlock orcladmin

Proving the point that using 'cn=orcladmin' or 'orcladmin' when starting Oracle Internet Directory (OID) Manager (ODM), is actually the same account, I managed to "prove" the point just once too often, resulting in a "your account is locked" error.

So, the question raises: how to unlock you superuser account orcladmin?

Very simple:
login on the Application Server where your OID runs, and:

$ORACLE_HOME/bin/oidpasswd connect=[tns_alias] unlock_su_acct=true

You will be asked to provide the ODS password - which happens to be the same as the ias_admin password, specified at install time. Which happens to be the password for orcladmin, too, unless you changed it.

Cannot login Enterprise Manager

It happened to me the other day: I could no longer login to an Enterprise Manager site, and I was sure I had the correct password. It might have something to do with running ssoReplSetup.jar.
Anyway, the solution is to use a hidden option of emctl: reset. These are the steps to revitalize your OEM:

1. edit $ORACLE_HOME/sysman/j2ee/jazn-data.xml
2. find ias_admin entry
3. remove line with "credentials"
4. save file
5. emctl set password reset <new_password>
6. (re)start oem: emctl start iasconsole

You can now login again, using <new_password>.