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

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Using Referrals
138 Netscape Directory Server Administrator’s Guide • August 2002
Creating Smart Referrals Using the Directory Server Console
1.
On the Directory Server Console, select the Directory tab.
2.
Browse through the tree in the left navigation pane and select the entry for
which you want to add the referral.
3.
Double-click the entry.
Depending upon the entry you click, you will see either the Edit Entry dialog
box or the Property Editor dialog box.
If the Edit Entry dialog box is displayed, click the Advanced button. The
Property Editor dialog box is displayed.
4.
Click in one of the cells next to the “Object class” attribute and click Add Value.
The Add Object Class dialog box displays.
5.
Select
referral
from the list and click OK.
6.
Click Add Attribute.
The Add Attribute dialog box is displayed.
7.
Scroll down the list of attributes to the
ref
attribute. Select the
ref
attribute,
then click OK.
The
ref
attribute now appears in the Property Editor dialog box.
8.
In the text box next to the
ref
attribute, enter the LDAP URL to which you
want to refer client application requests in the following format:
ldap://
servername:portnumber
/[
optional_dn
]
in the ref text box.
[ optional_dn]
is the explicit DN you want the server to return to the
requesting client application. For example, you might enter an LDAP URL as
follows:
ldap://directory.example.com:389/cn=joe,ou=people,dc=example,dc=
com
If you want the server to use the DN from the original search request instead,
enter the LDAP URL in the format:
ldap://
servername
:
portnumber
/
9.
Click OK to save your changes.