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Creating and Maintaining Database Links
Database Link Configuration Attributes (Continued)
Table 3-4
Attributes
*nsActiveChainingComponents
nsReferralOnScopedSearch
nsHopLimit
Database Link Configuration Example
Suppose you have a server within the
subtree
you want to chain operation requests for
l=Zanzibar,ou=people,dc=example,dc=com
africa.example.com
diagram:
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Value
Lists the components using chaining. A component is any functional
unit in the server. The value of this attribute in the database link
instance overrides the value in the global configuration attribute. To
disable chaining on a particular database instance, use the value
none.
The default policy is to not allow chaining. Refer to "Chaining
Component Operations," on page 91 for more information.
Controls whether or not referrals are returned by scoped searches.
This attribute is for optimizing your directory, because returning
referrals in response to scoped searches is more efficient. Takes the
values on or off. The default value is off.
Maximum number of times a request can be forwarded from one
database link to another. The default value is 10.
l=Walla Walla,ou=people,dc=example,dc=com
domain. This operation is illustrated in the following
domain that contains the
us.example.com
to a different server in the
on a database and that