Red Hat Directory Server 8.0 Administrator's Guide

Attribute Name Value
• disabled: The database is not available for
processing operations. The server returns a
No such search object error in response to
requests made by client applications.
• referral: A referral is returned for
requests made to this suffix.
• referral on update: The database is
used for all operations except update
requests, which receive a referral.
The default value is disabled.
nsslapd-referral Defines the LDAP URL of the referral to be
returned by the suffix. This attribute can be
multi-valued, with one referral per value. This
attribute is required when the value of the
nsslapd-state attribute is referral or
referral on update.
nsslapd-backend Gives the name of the database or database
link used to process requests. This attribute
can be multi-valued, with one database or
database link per value. See Section 3,
“Creating and Maintaining Database Links” for
more information about database links. This
attribute is required when the value of the
nsslapd-state attribute is set to backend or
referral on update.
nsslapd-distribution-plugin Specifies the shared library to be used with
the custom distribution function. This attribute
is required only when more than one
database is specified in the nsslapd-backend
attribute. See Section 2, “Creating and
Maintaining Databases” for more information
about the custom distribution function.
nsslapd-distribution-funct Specifies the name of the custom distribution
function. This attribute is required only when
more than one database is specified in the
nsslapd-backend attribute. See Section 2,
“Creating and Maintaining Databases” for
more information about the custom
distribution function.
nsslapd-parent-suffix Provides the DN of the parent entry for a sub
Creating Suffixes
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