Adding An Attribute To An Entry; Adding Very Large Attributes - Netscape DIRECTORY SERVER 6.2 - ADMINISTRATOR Administrator's Manual

Click OK in the Property Editor when you have finished editing the entry.
3.
The Property Editor is dismissed.

Adding an Attribute to an Entry

Before you can add an attribute to an entry, the entry must contain an object
class that either requires or allows the attribute. See "Adding an Object Class to an
Entry," on page 50 and Chapter 9, "Extending the Directory Schema" for more
information.
To add an attribute to an entry:
In the Directory tab of the Directory Server Console, right-click the entry you
1.
want to modify and select Properties from the pop-up menu.
Alternatively, you can double-click the entry. The Property Editor is displayed.
Click Add Attribute.
2.
The Add Attribute dialog box is displayed.
Select the attribute you want to add from the list and click OK.
3.
The Add Attribute window is dismissed, and the attribute you selected
appears in the list of attributes in the Property Editor.
Type in the value for the new attribute in the text box to the right of the
4.
attribute name.
Click OK in the Property Editor when you have finished editing the entry.
5.
The Property Editor is dismissed.

Adding Very Large Attributes

The configuration attribute
for LDAP requests. The default configuration of Directory Server sets this
attribute at 2MB. LDAP add or modify operations will fail when attempting to
add very large attributes that result in a request that is larger than 2MB.
To add very large attributes, you must first change the setting for the
nsslapd-maxbersize
LDAP request you will make.
nsslapd-maxbersize
configuration attribute to a value larger than the largest
Managing Entries From the Directory Console
sets the maximum size limit
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