Red Hat DIRECTORY SERVER 8.0, Administration Manual

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Chapter 2. Creating Directory Entries
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When determining the value to set, consider
all
elements of the LDAP add and modify operations used
to add the attributes, not just the single attribute. There are a number of different factors to considerin,
including the following:
• The size of each attribute name in the request
• The size of the values of each of the attributes in the request
• The size of the DN in the request
• Some overhead; usually 10 kilobytes is sufficient
One common issue that requires increasing the
nsslapd-maxbersize
setting is using attributes
which hold CRL values, such as
certificateRevocationList
,
authorityRevocationList
,
and
deltaRevocationList
.
For further information about the
nsslapd-maxbersize
attribute and for information about setting
this attribute, see the section "nsslapd-maxbersize (MaximumMessage Size)" in chapter 2, "Core
Server Configuration Reference," in
Red Hat Directory Server Configuration, Command, and File
Reference
.
2.1.3.6. Adding Attribute Values
Multi-valued attributes allow multiple value for one attribute to be added to an entry. To add an attribute
value to a multi-valued attribute:
1. In the
Directory
tab of the Directory Server Console, right-click the entry to modify, and select
Advanced
from the pop-up menu.
Alternatively, double-click the entry to open the
Property Editor
, and click the
Advanced
button.
2. Select the attribute to which to add a value, and then click
Add Value
. A new blank text field
opens in the right column.
3. Type in the new attribute value.
4. Click
OK
in the
Advanced Property Editor
to close the
Advanced Property Editor
, then click
OK
again to close the
Property Editor
.
2.1.3.7. Removing an Attribute Value
To remove an attribute value from an entry, do the following:
1. In the
Directory
tab of the Directory Server Console, right-click the entry to modify, and select
Advanced
from the pop-up menu.
Alternatively, double-click the entry to open the
Property Editor
, and click the
Advanced
button.
2. Click the text box of the attribute value to remove, and click
Delete Value
.
To remove the entire attribute and all its values from the entry, select
Delete Attribute
from the
Edit
menu.
3. Click
OK
to close the
Advanced Property Editor
, then click
OK
to close the
Property Editor
.