Creating A New Root Suffix Using The Console - Red Hat DIRECTORY SERVER 8.0 - ADMINISTRATION Administration Manual

Figure 3.4. A Sample Directory Tree with a Sub Suffix
This section describes creating root and sub suffixes for the directory using either the Directory Server
Console or the command line.
Section 3.1.1.1, "Creating a New Root Suffix Using the Console"
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Section 3.1.1.2, "Creating a New Sub Suffix Using the Console"
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Section 3.1.1.3, "Creating Root and Sub Suffixes from the Command Line"
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3.1.1.1. Creating a New Root Suffix Using the Console

1. In the Directory Server Console, select the Configuration tab.
2. Right-click Data in the left navigation pane, and select New Root Suffix from the pop-up menu.
The Create new root suffix dialog box is displayed.
3. Enter a unique suffix in the New suffix field.
The suffix must be named with dc naming conventions, such as dc=example,dc=com.
4. Select the Create associated database automatically to create a database at the same time
as the new root suffix, an enter a unique name for the new database in the Database name field,
such as example2. The name can be a combination of alphanumeric characters, dashes (-), and
underscores (_). No other characters are allowed.
Deselect the checkbox to create a database for the new root suffix later. This option specifies a
directory where the database will be created. The new root suffix will be disabled until a database
is created.
5. Click OK.
The suffix appears automatically under the Data tree in the left navigation pane.
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