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Information from rootDSE is useful for application developers.
Scenario: Developing an Application— Henri is writing an application that creates a new replica.
Henri reads rootDSE and finds supportedExtension: 2.16.840.1.113719.1.27.100.7 in the list. Henri
knows that the server supports the call to create a new replica.
Also, Novell iManager checks to see what functionality is available in rootDSE and then behaves
according to that information.
To search rootDSE, enter the following at a workstation:
ldapsearch -h hostname -p 389 -b "" -s base “objectclass=*”
This search can be performed by any application using the ldap_search APIs.
The key to the search is that the base is null and the filter is set to objectclass=*. (In the case of this
client, the base is -b.)
Information and Description Excerpt
The schema's location: You find where the schema for
the LDAP server or tree is located by reading the
subschemaSubentry. For eDirectory, cn=schema is
the base for the search. subschemaSubentry: cn=schema
Supported extensions: Extensions enable you to
manage the server (for example, creating or merging
contexts, adding new replicas, refreshing the LDAP
server, removing replicas, changing the replica type
from master to read/write or read-only) and identities.
Extensions are in ASN.1OID format. For names of
extensions, see
LDAP Extensions (http://
developer.novell.com/ndk/doc/ldapover/ldap_enu/
data/a6ik7oi.html)
.
supportedExtension:
2.16.840.1.113719.1.27.100.12
supportedExtension:
2.16.840.1.113719.1.27.100.7
supportedExtension:
2.16.840.1.113719.1.27.100.8
Which vendor is providing the LDAP server. vendorName: Novell, Inc.
Which directory version the LDAP server supports. vendorVersion: eDirectory v8.7.0 (10410.29)
Which version of eDirectory is running. vendorVersion: eDirectory v8.7.0 (10410.29)
The directory server name and the directory tree
name. dsaName: cn=WestWindNDS,o=westwind
directoryTreeName: t=WESTWINDTREE
Supported SASL mechanisms. supported SASLMechanisms: EXTERNAL
supported SASLMechanisms: DIGEST-MD5
supported SASLMechanisms: NMAS LOGIN
Which version of LDAP server is supported. supportedLDAPVersion: 2
supportedLDAPVersion: 3
Server statistics: RootDSE provides a variety of
statistics about the LDAP server (for example, the
number of strong authentication binds). errors: 0
securityErrors: 0
chainings: 3
referralsReturned: 6
extendedOps: 0
abandonOps: 0
wholeSubtreeSearchOps: 1