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Creating and Maintaining Suffixes
Figure 3-4
This section describes creating root and subsuffixes for your directory using
either the Directory Server Console or the command-line. This section contains
the following procedures:
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Creating a New Root Suffix Using the Console

• Creating a New Sub Suffix Using the Console
• Creating Root and Sub Suffixes from the Command-Line
Creating a New Root Suffix Using the Console
The following procedure describes creating a suffix and associating it with a
database:
In the Directory Server Console, select the Configuration tab.
1.
Right-click Data in the left navigation pane, and select New Root Suffix from
2.
the pop-up menu.
The "Create new root suffix" dialog box is displayed.
Enter a unique suffix in the "New suffix" field.
3.
The suffix must be named according to dc naming conventions. For example,
you might enter a new suffix name of
Select the "Create associated database automatically" checkbox if you want a
4.
database to be created at the same time as the new root suffix.
Deselect the checkbox if you want to create a database for the new root suffix
later. You may want to do this if you want to be able to specify a directory
where the database will be created. The new root suffix will be disabled until
you create a database.
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