Netscape DIRECTORY SERVER 6.01 - ADMINISTRATOR Administrator's Manual page 462

Configuring the PTA Plug-In
• The time limit you want the PTA directory server to wait for a response from
the authenticating directory server. In the PTA syntax, this parameter is
represented as timeout. The default value is
• The version of the LDAP protocol you want the PTA directory server to use to
connect to the authenticating directory server. In the PTA syntax, this
parameter is represented as ldver. The default is
• The time limit in seconds within which a connection may be used. If a bind
request is initiated by a client after this time has expired, the server closes the
connection and opens a new connection to the authenticating directory server.
The server will not close the connection unless a bind request is initiated and
the server determines the timeout has been exceeded. If you do not specify this
option, or if only one authenticating directory server is listed in the authDS
parameter, no time limit will be enforced. If two or more hosts are listed, the
default is 300 seconds (five minutes). In the PTA syntax, this parameter is
represented as connlifetime.
NOTE
Create an LDIF file that contains the following LDIF update statements:
1.
dn: cn=Pass Through Authentication,cn=plugins,cn=config
cn: Pass Through Authentication
changetype: add
add: nsslapd-pluginarg0
nsslapd-pluginarg0: ldap://authDS/subtree [maxconns,maxops,timeout,ldver,connlifetime]
Make sure there is a space between the subtree parameter, and the optional
parameters.
For example, you could set the value of the
"
In this example, each of the optional parameters is set to its default value.
Use the
2.
Restart the server.
3.
For information on restarting the server, refer to "Starting and Stopping the
Directory Server," on page 31.
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Although these parameters are optional, if you specify one of them,
you need to specify them all, even if you use the default values.
ldap
://dirserver.example.com/o=NetscapeRoot 3,5,300,3,300"
command to import the LDIF file into the directory.
ldapmodify
seconds (five minutes).
300
.
LDAPv3
nsslapd-pluginarg0
attribute to: