Using The Refer Command - Netscape DIRECTORY SERVER 6.1 - ADMINISTRATOR Administrator's Manual

Using the refer Command

On a UNIX machine, to start the Directory Server in referral mode follow these
steps:
Go to the
1.
/bin/slapd/server
prompt% cd serverRoot/slapd-serverID/bin/slapd/server
Run the command as follows:
2.
refer
# ./ns-slapd refer -D instance_dir -r referral_url [-p port]
where where instance_dir is the directory instance for which queries will be
referred, port is the option port number of the Directory Server you want to start in
referral mode, and referral_url is the referral returned to clients. For information on
the format of an LDAP URL, refer to Appendix C, "LDAP URLs."
On a Windows machine, to start the Directory Server in referral mode follow these
steps:
Go to the following directory under your installation directory:
1.
serverRoot\slapd-serverID\bin\slapd\server
Run the command as follows:
2.
refer
slapd.exe refer -D instance_dir -r referral_url [p port]
where instance_dir is the directory instance for which queries will be referred,
port is the optional port number of the Directory Server you want to start in
referral mode, and referral_url is the referral returned to clients. For
information on the format of an LDAP URL, refer to Appendix C, "LDAP
URLs."
directory under your installation directory:
Chapter 1 Introduction to Netscape Directory Server
Starting the Server in Referral Mode
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