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

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Creating Indexes
Chapter 10 Managing Indexes 363
Adding a Browsing Index Entry
The type of browsing index entry you want to create depends on the type of
ldapsearch
attribute sorting you want to accelerate. It is important to take the
following into account:
• The scope of the search (base, one, sub).
For more information on the
ldapsearch -s
option, which allows you to
specify the scope of searches, see the Netscape Directory Server Configuration,
Command, and File Reference.
• The base of the search (the entry you want to use as a starting point for the
search).
For more information on the
ldapsearch -b
option, which allows you to
specify the base of searches, see the Netscape Directory Server Configuration,
Command, and File Reference.
• The attributes you want to sort.
• The filter of the search.
For more information on specifying filters for searches see Appendix B,
“Finding Directory Entries.”
• The ldbm database to which the entry, that forms the base of the search,
belongs. Note that you can only create browsing indexes in ldbm databases.
For example, you want to create a browsing index to accelerate an
ldapsearch
on
the entry
"dc=example,dc=com"
held in the
Example1
database where
the search base is
"dc=example,dc=com"
,
the search filter is
(|(objectclass=*)(objectclass=ldapsubentry))
,
the scope is
one
, and
the sorting order for the returned attributes is
cn
,
givenname
,
o
,
ou
, and
sn
.
First, type the following to change to the directory containing the utility:
cd
serverRoot
/shared/bin
Run the
ldapmodify
command-line utility as follows:
ldapmodify -a -h server -p 389 -D "cn=directory manager" -w password
The
ldapmodify
utility binds to the server and prepares it to add an entry to the
configuration file.