Trimming The Retro Changelog; Searching And Modifying The Retro Changelog - Red Hat DIRECTORY SERVER 7.1 - ADMINISTRATOR Administrator's Manual

Use the
2.
ldapmodify
For more information on the
Entries from the Command-Line," on page 55, and Red Hat Directory Server
Configuration, Command, and File Reference.
Restart the server.
3.
For information on restarting the server, refer to "Starting and Stopping the
Directory Server," on page 37.
The retro changelog is created in the directory tree under a special suffix,
.
cn=changelog
The procedure for enabling the retro changelog plug-in from Directory Server
Console is the same as for all Directory Server plug-ins. For information, refer to
"Enabling and Disabling Plug-ins from the Server Console," on page 512.

Trimming the Retro Changelog

The entries in the changelog can be automatically removed after a specified period
of time. To configure the period of time after which entries are automatically
deleted from the changelog, you must set the
configuration attribute in the
Plugin,cn=plugins,cn=config
The
nsslapd-changelogmaxage
as follows:
nsslapd-changelogmaxage: Integer timeUnit
where Integer represents a number and
seconds, for minutes,
m
There should not be a space between the
the syntax above is intended to show that the attribute value is composed of two
variable parts, not just one.
Example of
nsslapd-changelogmaxage
nsslapd-changelogmaxage: 2d

Searching and Modifying the Retro Changelog

The changelog supports search operations. It is optimized for searches that include
filters of the form:
command to import the LDIF file into the directory.
ldapmodify
cn=Retro Changelog
entry.
attribute is a single-valued attribute. Its syntax is
timeUnit
for hours, for days, or
h d
Integer
value:
Using the Retro Changelog Plug-in
command, refer to "Managing
nsslapd-changelogmaxage
can be one of the following:
for weeks.
w
and variables. The space in
timeUnit
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