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Suffix Attributes (Continued)
Table 3-1
Attribute Name
nsslapd-parent-suffix
Maintaining Suffixes
This section describes the following procedures:
•
Using Referrals in a Suffix
•
Enabling Referrals Only During Update Operations
•
Disabling a Suffix
•
Deleting a Suffix
Using Referrals in a Suffix
Referrals can be used to temporarily point a client application to a different server.
For example, you might add a referral to a suffix so that the suffix points to a
different server when the database associated with the suffix is taken off-line for
maintenance.
For more information on referrals in general, refer to Netscape Directory Server
Deployment Guide.
To set referrals in a suffix:
On the Directory Server Console, select the Configuration tab.
1.
Under Data in the left pane, click the suffix to which you want to add a referral.
2.
Click the Suffix Settings tab. Select the Use Referrals radio button.
3.
Click the Referrals tab. Enter an LDAP URL in the "Enter a new referral" field
4.
or click Construct to be guided through the creation of an LDAP URL.
For more information about the structure of LDAP URLs, refer to Appendix C,
"LDAP URLs."
Value
Provides the DN of the parent entry for a sub suffix. By default, this
attribute is not present, which means that the suffix is regarded as a
root suffix.
For example, you want to create a sub suffix
o=sales,dc=example,dc=com under the root suffix
dc=example,dc=com. Add the following value to the
nsslapd-parent-suffix attribute of the sub suffix:
nsslapd-parent-suffix: "dc=example,dc=com"
Creating and Maintaining Suffixes
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