What do you get on issuing

ldd /usr/sbin/nitd |grep libndssdk

and

ldconfig -p |grep -i libndssdk

OES:~ # ldd /usr/sbin/nitd |grep libndssdk
        libndssdk.so.1 => not found
OES:~ # ldconfig -p |grep -i libndssdk
OES:~ #
OES:~ # cat /etc/ld.so.conf
/usr/local/lib64
/usr/local/lib
include /etc/ld.so.conf.d/*.conf
# /lib64, /lib, /usr/lib64 and /usr/lib gets added
# automatically by ldconfig after parsing this file.
# So, they do not need to be listed.
/opt/novell/lib64
OES:~ #

Is there a file named

/etc/ld.so.conf.d/novell-NDSbase.conf

If so, what's the content?

OES:~ # cat /etc/ld.so.conf.d/novell-NDSbase.conf
cat: /etc/ld.so.conf.d/novell-NDSbase.conf: No such file or directory
OES:~ # cat /etc/ld.so.conf.d/novell-
novell-imanager.conf      novell-libvigil.conf      novell-ndsd.conf          novell-nrm.conf           novell-nss.conf           novell-oescredstore.conf  novell-proxyuser.conf     novell-xtier.conf
OES:~ # cat /etc/ld.so.conf.d/novell-ndsd.conf
/usr/lib64
OES:~ #

Try and edit novell-ndsd.conf to look like this

/opt/novell/lib64
/opt/novell/eDirectory/lib64
/opt/novell/eDirectory/lib64/nds-modules
/opt/novell/lib
/opt/novell/eDirectory/lib

Save the file, run "ldconfig" and bounce the box. Please note the the file content is from a OES2018 box. While it should be sufficient to resolve your problem someone with immediate access to a 24.3 box might want to share a current version.

Thank You Mathias!

The NIT service is up and running now.

OES:~ # systemctl status novell-nit

Started Novell Identity Translator(NIT).

Regards, Peter

Just to confirm that on OES 24.3 the novell-ndsd.conf file is identical to the one above and the NIT service runs fine.

xxxx:~ # cat /etc/ld.so.conf.d/novell-ndsd.conf
/opt/novell/lib64
/opt/novell/eDirectory/lib64
/opt/novell/eDirectory/lib64/nds-modules
/opt/novell/lib
/opt/novell/eDirectory/lib
xxxx:~ # cat /etc/novell-release
Open Enterprise Server 24.3 (x86_64)
VERSION = 2023.1
PATCHLEVEL = 1
DISPLAY_RELEASE = 24.3