HP-UX Directory Server Administrator Guide HP-UX Directory Server Version 8.1 (5900-3332, November 2013)

Contents
1 Basic HP-UX Directory Server Usage...........................................................18
Overview..............................................................................................................................18
Directory Server file Locations...................................................................................................18
Starting and Stopping Servers..................................................................................................19
Starting and stopping Directory Server from the console..........................................................19
Starting and stopping Directory Server from the command line................................................20
Starting and stopping Administration Server..........................................................................20
Starting the Directory Server Console........................................................................................20
Logging into Directory Server..............................................................................................21
Changing login identity......................................................................................................21
Viewing the current console bind DN....................................................................................22
Enabling LDAPI......................................................................................................................22
Changing Directory Server port Numbers..................................................................................22
Creating a new Directory Server Instance..................................................................................25
Configuring the Directory Manager...........................................................................................27
Enabling plug-ins....................................................................................................................28
Enabling plug-ins...............................................................................................................28
Plug-in ordering.................................................................................................................28
2 Configuring Directory Databases................................................................30
Overview of Directory Databases..............................................................................................30
Creating and Maintaining Suffixes............................................................................................30
Creating suffixes................................................................................................................31
Creating a new root suffix using the console.....................................................................32
Creating a new sub suffix using the console......................................................................33
Creating root and sub suffixes from the command line........................................................35
Maintaining suffixes...........................................................................................................36
Disabling a suffix..........................................................................................................37
Deleting a suffix............................................................................................................37
Creating and Maintaining Databases........................................................................................38
Creating databases............................................................................................................38
Creating a new database for an existing suffix using the console.........................................40
Creating a new database for a single suffix from the command line.....................................41
Adding multiple databases for a single suffix....................................................................41
Adding the custom distribution function to a suffix using the Directory Server Console........42
Adding the custom distribution function to a suffix using the command line.......................43
Maintaining directory databases..........................................................................................43
Placing a database in read-only mode.............................................................................43
Making a database read-only using the console...........................................................43
Making a database read-only from the command line...................................................44
Placing the entire directory server in read-only mode.....................................................44
Deleting a database......................................................................................................45
Configuring transaction logs for frequent database updates................................................46
Database encryption..........................................................................................................47
Encryption keys.............................................................................................................47
Encryption ciphers.........................................................................................................48
Configuring database encryption from the console............................................................48
Configuring database encryption using the command line..................................................50
Exporting and importing an encrypted database...............................................................51
Creating and Maintaining Database Links.................................................................................51
Creating a new database link.............................................................................................52
Creating a new database link using the console................................................................52
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