HP-UX Directory Server 8.1 administrator guide

container entry is added, all the entries that match the view filter instantly populate the view.
The target entries only appear to exist in the view; their true location never changes. For example,
a view may be created as ou=Location Views, and a filter is set for l=Mountain View. Every
entry, such as cn=Jane Smith,l=Mountain View,ou=People,dc=example,dc=com, is
immediately listed under the ou=Location Views entry, but the real cn=Jane Smith entry
remains in the ou=People,dc=example,dc=com subtree.
Figure 5-4 A directory tree with a virtual DIT view hierarchy
Virtual DIT views behave like normal DITs in that a subtree or a one-level search can be performed
with the expected results being returned.
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There is a sample LDIF file with example views entries, Example-views.ldif, installed with
Directory Server. This file is in the /opt/dirsrv/share/data directory.
The HP-UX Directory Server deployment guide has more information on how to integrate views
with the directory tree hierarchy.
5.3.1 Creating views in the console
1. Select the Directory tab.
2. In the left navigation tree, create an organizational unit suffix to hold the views. For instance,
for views based on the locality (l) attribute, name this organizational unit Location Views.
Creating sub suffixes is described in “Creating a new sub suffix using the console”
3. Right-click ou=Location Views, and select New→Other.
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