HP-UX Directory Server 8.1 configuration, command, and file reference

Table 2-1 Directory Server LDIF configuration files (continued)
PurposeConfiguration file name
Schema used by Netscape Messaging Server to define mail users and mail groups.
50ns-mail.ldif
Schema for servers' value item attributes.
50ns-value.ldif
Schema for Netscape Web Server.
50ns-web.ldif
Reserved for future use.
60pam-plugin.ldif
User-defined schema maintained by Directory Server replication consumers which
contains the attributes and object classes from the suppliers.
99user.ldif
2.1.2 How the server configuration is organized
The dse.ldif file contains all configuration information including directory-specific entries
created by the directory at server startup, such as entries related to the database. The file includes
the root Directory Server entry (or DSE, named by "") and the contents of cn=config and
cn=monitor.
When the server generates the dse.ldif file, it lists the entries in hierarchical order in the order
that the entries appear in the directory under cn=config, which is usually the same order in
which an LDAP search of subtree scope for base cn=config returns the entries.
dse.ldif also contains the cn=monitor entry, which is mostly read-only, but can have ACIs
set on it.
NOTE:
The dse.ldif file does not contain every attribute in cn=config. If the attribute has not been
set by the administrator and has a default value, the server will not write it to dse.ldif. To see
every attribute in cn=config, use the ldapsearch command.
2.1.2.1 Configuration attributes
Within a configuration entry, each attribute is represented as an attribute name. The value of the
attribute corresponds to the attribute's configuration.
The following code sample is an example of part of the dse.ldif file for a Directory Server.
The example shows, among other things, that schema checking has been enabled; this is
represented by the attribute nsslapd-schemacheck, which takes the value on.
dn: cn=config
objectclass: top
objectclass: extensibleObject
objectclass: nsslapdConfig
nsslapd-accesslog-logging-enabled: on
nsslapd-enquote-sup-oc: off
nsslapd-localhost: phonebook.example.com
nsslapd-schemacheck: on
nsslapd-port: 389
nsslapd-localuser: www
...
2.1.2.2 Configuration of plug-in functionality
The configuration for each part of Directory Server plug-in functionality has its own separate
entry and set of attributes under the subtree cn=plugins,cn=config. The following code
sample is an example of the configuration entry for an example plug-in, the Telephone Syntax
plug-in.
dn: cn=Telephone Syntax,cn=plugins,cn=config
objectclass: top
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