Migration Of Pre-Directory Server 6.0 Configuration Files To Ldif Format; Accessing And Modifying Server Configuration; Access Control For Configuration Entries - Netscape DIRECTORY SERVER 6.0 Configuration Manual

Accessing and Modifying Server Configuration

Migration of Pre-Directory Server 6.0
Configuration Files to LDIF Format
The Directory Server 6.0 will only recognize configuration files that are in the LDIF
format, which means that the
files from 4.x versions of Directory Server must be converted to LDIF format.
Directory Server 4.x configurations can be migrated to the new LDIF format using
the tool
From Previous Versions" in the Netscape Directory Server Installation Guide and the
Innosoft Distributed Directory Server Transition Guide.
Accessing and Modifying Server Configuration
This section discusses access control for configuration entries and describes the
various ways in which the server configuration can be viewed and modified. It also
covers restrictions to the kinds of modification that can be made and discusses
attributes that require the server to be restarted for changes to take effect.This
section has been divided into the following sections:
•

Access Control For Configuration Entries

• Changing Configuration Attributes
Access Control For Configuration Entries
When the Directory Server is installed, a default set of Access Control Instructions
(ACIs) is implemented for all entries under
page 29 shows an example of these default ACIs.
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tool. For more information see Chapter 5, "Migrating
migrateInstance5
and
slapd.conf slapd.ldbm.conf
cn=config.
configuration
Code Example 2-3 on