Trimming The Retro Change Log; Searching And Modifying The Retro Change Log - Netscape DIRECTORY SERVER 6.1 - ADMINISTRATOR Administrator's Manual

Using the Retro Change Log Plug-In
Restart the server.
3.
For information on restarting the server, refer to "Starting and Stopping the
Directory Server," on page 35.
The retro change log is created in the directory tree under a special suffix
cn=changelog
The procedure for enabling the retro change log plug-in from Directory Server
Console is the same as for all Directory Server plug-ins. For information, refer to
"Enabling and Disabling Plug-Ins From the Server Console," on page 464.

Trimming the Retro Change Log

The entries in the change log can be automatically removed after a specified period
of time. To configure the period of time after which entries are automatically
deleted from the change log, you must set the
configuration attribute in the
Plugin,cn=plugins,cn=config
The
nsslapd-changelogmaxage
as follows:
nsslapd-changelogmaxage: Integer timeUnit
where integer represents a number, and timeUnit can be one of the following:
seconds,
Note that there should be no space between the Integer and timeUnit variables. The
space in the syntax above is intended to show that the attribute value is composed
of two variable parts, not just one.
Example of
nsslapd-changelogmaxage: 2d

Searching and Modifying the Retro Change Log

The change log supports search operations. It is optimized for searches that include
filters of the form:
(&(changeNumber>=X)(changeNumber<=Y))
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cn=Retro Changelog
for minutes, for hours,
m h
nsslapd-changelogmaxage
nsslapd-changelogmaxage
entry.
attribute is a single-valued attribute. Its syntax is
for days, or for weeks.
d w
value:
for
s