Netscape NETSCAPE DIRECTORY SERVER 6.1 - ADMINISTRATOR, Administrator'S Manual

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Creating and Maintaining Database Links
Chapter 3 Configuring Directory Databases 105
Your new instance must be located in the
cn=chaining database,cn=plugins,
cn=config
entry.
Default configuration attributes are contained in the
cn=default config,
cn=chaining database,cn=plugins,cn=config
entry. These configuration
attributes apply to all database links at creation time. Changes to the default
configuration only affect new database links. You cannot change the default
configuration attributes on existing database links.
Each database link contains its own specific configuration information, which is
stored with the database link entry itself,
cn=
database_link_name
,cn=chaining
database,cn=plugins,cn=config
. For more information about configuration
attributes, refer to the Netscape Directory Server Configuration, Command, and File
Reference.
This section contains the following procedures for configuring a database link from
the command line:
• Providing Suffix Information
• Providing Bind Credentials
• Providing an LDAP URL
• Providing a List of Failover Servers
• Summary of Cascading Chaining Configuration Attributes
• Database Link Configuration Example
Providing Suffix Information
Use the
nsslapd-suffix
attribute to define the suffix managed by your database
link. For example, if you want your database link to point to the people
information for a remote site of your company, you would enter the following
suffix information:
nsslapd-suffix: l=Zanzibar,ou=people,dc=example,dc=com
The suffix information is stored in the
cn=
database_link_name
,cn=chaining
database,cn=plugins,cn=config
entry.
NOTE After creation time, any alterations you make to the
nsslapd-suffix
attribute occur only after you have restarted the
server containing the database link.