Chaining Ldap Controls - Netscape DIRECTORY SERVER 6.01 - ADMINISTRATOR Administrator's Manual

Chaining LDAP Controls

You can choose to not chain operation requests made by LDAP controls. By
default, requests made by the following controls are forwarded to the remote
server by the database link:
• Virtual list view (VLV)—This control provides lists of parts of entries rather
than returning all entry information.
• Server side sorting—This control sorts entries according to their attribute
values.
• Managed DSA—This controls returns smart referrals as entries rather than
following the referral. This allows you to change or delete the smart referral
itself.
• Loop detection—This control keeps track of the number of times the server
chains with another server. When the count reaches a number you configure, a
loop is detected and the client application is notified. For more information
about using this control, refer to "Detecting Loops," on page 122.
NOTE Server side sorting and VLV controls are supported only when a
client application request is made to a single database. Database
links cannot support these controls when a client application makes
a request to multiple databases.
The following sections describe how to alter the controls that the database link
forwards using the console and from command line.
Chaining LDAP Controls Using the Console
On the Directory Server Console, select the Configuration tab.
1.
Expand the Data folder in the left pane and click Database Link Settings.
2.
Select the Settings tab in the right window. To add an LDAP control to the list,
3.
click Add.
The "Select control OIDs to add" dialog box displays. Select the OID of a
control you want to add to the list and click OK.
To delete a control from the list, select it from the "LDAP controls forwarded to
4.
the remote server" list and click Delete.
After making modifications to the components list, a red dot appears on the tab
5.
and the components field name turns gray. Click Save to save your changes.
Creating and Maintaining Database Links
Chapter 3 Configuring Directory Databases 95