Maintaining Directory Databases; Placing A Database In Read-Only Mode - Netscape DIRECTORY SERVER 6.2 - ADMINISTRATOR Administrator's Manual

Select the Databases tab in the right window.
3.
Click Add to associate additional databases with the suffix.
4.
The "Database List" dialog box is displayed. Select a database from the list and
click OK.
Enter the path to your distribution library in the "Distribution library" field, or
5.
click Browse to locate a distribution library on your local machine.
Enter the name of your distribution function in the "Function name" field.
6.
Click Save to save your changes.
7.
Adding Custom Distribution From the Command Line
Use the
ldapmodify
suffix entry itself:
nsslapd-backend: Database1
nsslapd-backend: Database2
nsslapd-backend: Database3
nsslapd-distribution-plugin: /full/name/of/a/shared/library
nsslapd-distribution-funct: distribution-function-name
The
nsslapd-backend
suffix. The
nsslapd-distribution-plugin
library that your plug-in uses. The
provides the name of the distribution function itself.
For more information about using the
to "Adding and Modifying Entries Using ldapmodify," on page 58.

Maintaining Directory Databases

This section describes jobs associated with maintaining your directory databases. It
includes the following procedures:
•

Placing a Database in Read-Only Mode

• Deleting a Database
Placing a Database in Read-Only Mode
When a database is in read-only mode, you cannot create, modify, or delete any
entries. For example, you must put a database in read-only mode if you are
manually initializing a consumer.
command-line utility to add the following attributes to the
attribute specifies all of the databases associated with this
nsslapd-distribution-funct
ldapmodify
Creating and Maintaining Databases
attribute specifies the name of the
command-line utility, refer
Chapter 3 Configuring Directory Databases
attribute
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