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

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Starting the Server in Referral Mode
Chapter 1 Introduction to Netscape Directory Server 43
Using the refer Command
On a UNIX machine, to start the Directory Server in referral mode follow these
steps:
1.
Go to the
/bin/slapd/server
directory under your installation directory:
prompt% cd
serverRoot
/slapd-
serverID
/bin/slapd/server
2.
Run the
refer
command as follows:
# ./ns-slapd refer -D
instance_dir
-r
referral_url
[-p
port
]
where where instance_dir is the directory instance for which queries will be
referred, port is the option port number of the Directory Server you want to start in
referral mode, and referral_url is the referral returned to clients. For information on
the format of an LDAP URL, refer to Appendix C, “LDAP URLs.”
On a Windows machine, to start the Directory Server in referral mode follow these
steps:
1.
Go to the following directory under your installation directory:
serverRoot
\slapd-
serverID
\bin\slapd\server
2.
Run the
refer
command as follows:
slapd.exe refer -D
instance_dir
-r
referral_url
[p
port
]
where instance_dir is the directory instance for which queries will be referred,
port is the optional port number of the Directory Server you want to start in
referral mode, and referral_url is the referral returned to clients. For
information on the format of an LDAP URL, refer to Appendix C, “LDAP
URLs.”