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

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Starting the Server in Referral Mode
42 Netscape Directory Server Administrator’s Guide • August 2002
7.
Enter the password for this user in the Password for Root DN field, and
confirm it by entering it again in the Confirm Password field.
8.
If running the server on a UNIX host, enter the user ID for the Directory Server
daemon, in the Server Runtime User ID field.
9.
Click OK.
A status box appears to confirm that the operation was successful. To dismiss
it, click OK.
Cloning the Directory Configuration
1.
In the Netscape Console window, expand the Server Group folder, and
right-click on the Directory Server that you want to clone.
2.
From the pop-up menu, select Clone Server Config.
A new window is displayed with the list of target servers for cloning.
3.
In this window, select the server to which you want the configuration to apply,
and click the Clone To button.
A message is displayed to give you the status of the operation.
Starting the Server in Referral Mode
Referrals are used to redirect client applications to another server while the current
server is unavailable, or when the client requests information that is not held on the
current server.
For example, you can also start Directory Server in referral mode if you’re making
configuration changes to the Directory Server and you want all clients to be
referred to another master for the duration. To do this, you must start the server
with the
refer
command.
If the server is already running, you can put it in referral mode by using the
Directory Server Console. This procedure is explained in “Setting Default
Referrals,” on page 136.