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Creating and Maintaining Database Links
Maintaining Database Links
This section describe how to update and delete existing database links. It contains
the following procedures:
•
Updating Remote Server Authentication Information
•
Deleting Database Links
Updating Remote Server Authentication Information
To update the bind DN and password used by the database link to connect to the
remote server:
On the Directory Server Console, select the Configuration tab.
1.
In the left pane, expand Data and locate the database link you want to update
2.
under one of the suffixes. Select the database link.
In the right navigation pane, click the Authentication tab.
3.
To update the remote server information, enter a new LDAP URL in the
4.
"Remote Server URL" field.
Unlike the standard LDAP URL format, the URL of the remote server does not
specify a suffix. It takes the following form:
ldap://servername:portnumber/
Update the bind DN used by the database link to bind with the remote server
5.
by entering a new DN in the "Database link bind DN" field.
Update the password used by the database link to bind with the remote server
6.
by entering a new password in the "Database link password" field. Confirm
the password by retyping it in the "Confirm database link password" field.
The remote server checklist box lists the administrative user entry, suffix, and
ACI that need to exist on the remote server for the database link to successfully
bind.
Click Save to save your changes.
7.
Deleting Database Links
To delete a database link:
On the Directory Server Console select the Configuration tab.
1.
In the left navigation pane, locate the database link you want to delete and
2.
select it.
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