Deleting A Database - Netscape DIRECTORY SERVER 6.2 - ADMINISTRATOR Administrator's Manual

Creating and Maintaining Databases
If your Directory Server manages multiple databases, you can place all of them
into read-only mode at the same time by placing your entire server in read-only
mode. For more information, see "Placing the Entire Directory Server in Read-Only
Mode," on page 38.
This section includes procedures for the following:
• Making a Database Read-Only Using the Console
• Making a Database Read-Only From the Command Line
Making a Database Read-Only Using the Console
To place a database in read-only mode from the Directory Server Console:
In the Directory Server Console, select the Configuration tab.
1.
Expand Data in the left pane. Expand the Suffix containing the database you
2.
want to put in read-only mode.
Select the database you want to put into read-only mode.
3.
Select the Database Settings tab in the right pane.
4.
Select the "Database is read-only" checkbox.
5.
Click Save.
6.
Making a Database Read-Only From the Command Line
If you want to manually place a database into read-only mode, you must change
the read-only attribute,
command-line utility. The
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NOTE

Deleting a Database

The following procedure describes deleting a directory database using the
Directory Server Console. Deleting a database deletes the configuration
information and entries for that database only, not the physical database itself.
In the Directory Server Console, select the Configuration tab.
1.
In the left navigation pane, locate the database you want to delete and select it.
2.
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