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Creating and Maintaining Suffixes
Chapter 3 Configuring Directory Databases 85
To create a sub suffix for groups under this root suffix, you would do an
ldapmodify
operation to add the following entry:
dn: cn="ou=groups,dc=example,dc=com",cn=mapping tree,cn=config
objectclass: top
objectclass: extensibleObject
objectclass: nsMappingTree
nsslapd-state: backend
nsslapd-backend: GroupData
nsslapd-parent-suffix: "dc=example,dc=com"
cn: ou=groups,dc=example,dc=com
The following table describes the attributes used to configure a suffix entry:
NOTE If you want to maintain your suffixes using the Directory Server
Console, you will need to respect the same spacing you use to name
the root and sub suffixes via the command line.
For example, if you name a root suffix
ou=groups ,dc=example,dc=com
(with two spaces after
groups
),
any sub suffixes you create under this root will need to specify two
spaces after
ou=groups
as well.
Table 3-1 Suffix Attributes
Attribute Name Value
dn
Defines the DN for the suffix. The DN is contained in quotes. The
value you enter takes the following form:
cn=”dc=domain,dc=com”,cn=mapping tree,
cn=config
This attribute is required.
cn
Defines the relative DN (RDN) of the entry.
This attribute is required.
objectclass
Tells the server that the entry is root or sub suffix entry. It always
takes the value
nsMappingTree
.
This attribute is required.