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Chapter 2. Core Server Configuration Reference
2.3.15.1. Task Invocation Attributes for Entries under cn=tasks
Five tasks which administer Directory Server instances have configuration entries which initiate
and identify individual operations. These task entries are instances of the same object class,
extensibleObject, and have certain common attributes which describe the state and behavior of
Directory Server tasks. The task types can be import, export, backup, restore, index, schema reload,
and memberof.
cn
The cn attribute is used to identify a new task operation to initiate. The cn attribute value can be
anything, as long as it defines a new task.
Parameter
Entry DN
Valid Values
Default Value
Syntax
Example
nsTaskStatus
This attribute contains changing information about the status of the task, such as cumulative statistics
or its current output message. The entire contents of the attribute may be updated periodically for as
long as the process is running.
This attribute value is set by the server and should not be edited.
Parameter
Entry DN
Valid Values
Default Value
Syntax
Example
nsTaskLog
This entry contains all of the log messages for the task, including both warning and information
messages. New messages are appended to the end of the entry value, so this attribute value grows
larger, without erasing the original contents, by default.
Successful task operations, which have an nsTaskExitCode of 0, are only recorded in the
nsTaskLog attribute. Any non-zero response, which indicates an error, may be recorded in the error
log as an error, but the error message is only recorded in the nsTaskLog attribute. For this reason,
use the information in the nsTaskLog attribute to find out what errors actually occurred.
This attribute value is set by the server and should not be edited.
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Description
cn=task_name, cn=task_type, cn=tasks,
cn=config
Any string
DirectoryString
cn: example task entry name
Description
cn=task_name, cn=task_type, cn=tasks,
cn=config
Any string
case-exact string
nsTaskStatus: Loading entries....