Parameters 

Default Value 

Description 

defaultserver.ldappoolmin 

Specifies the minimum number of LDAP client connections. 

defaultserver.ldappoolmax 

Specifies the maximum number of LDAP client connections. 

defaultserver.ldappooltimeout 

Specifies the number of seconds before timing out an LDAP connection. Increase this value to accommodate large search results. 

defaultserver.ldaphost 

Specifies the LDAP host. 

defaultserver.ldapport 

Specifies the LDAP port. 

defaultserver.ldapbinddn 

cn=Directory Manager 

Specifies the DN used to bind to the LDAP. 

If the login type is “restricted” or “proxy” it is mandatory to assign a value to defaultserver.ldapbinddn.

If the login type is “anonymous” you need not enter a value for this parameter. 

defaultserver.ldapbindcred 

Specifies the bind password. 

login_type 

Specifies the method using which the connection to the LDAP store is maintained. 

You can assign the following three values to this parameter: 

anon - to connect to the LDAP as an anonymous user

restricted - to connect as a user who has the rights to perform operations on the Address Book Store.

proxy - to masquerade as a user who can perform operations on the Address Book Store. Assigning this value enhances performance by passing the LDAP bind on each operation.

NOTE: A Read only access is given to a masquerading user. 

entry_id 

Specifies the key in LDAP used to identify a contact/group entry. 

You can set the entry_id to the UID or to the key used to fetch the contact/group information such as empid or principal ID.

In the xlate-inetorgperson.xml file replace “uid” in <entry entryID= “db:uid”\> with the entry_id value specified here.

retrieve_db_attribs 

Defines whether all the database attributes should be passed in the LDAP search. 

lookthru_limit 

1000 

Specifies the search query limit for a search. 

delete_perm 

Enables contact/group entries to be marked for deletion or to be deleted permanently. 

Set the parameter to false to mark the contacts/groups for deletion. 

Set the parameter to true to permanently delete the contacts and groups. 

admin_group_dn 

Specifies the Dn of the admin group. 

A user belonging to this group can purge all contacts that are marked for deletion. 

entry_id 

uid 

Specifies the key in the LDAP used to identify a contact/group entry. 

You can set the entry_id to the UID or to the key used to fetch the contact/group information such as empid or principal ID.

In the xlate-inetorgperson.xml file, replace “uid” in <entry entryID=“db:uid”\> with the entry_id value specified here.

login_type 

restricted 

Specifies the method using which the connection to the LDAP store is maintained. 

You can assign the following three values to this parameter: 

anon - to connect to the LDAP as an anonymous user

restricted - to connect as a user who has the rights to perform operations on the Address Book Store.

proxy - to masquerade as a user who can perform operations on the Address Book Store. Assigning this value enhances performance as it by passes the LDAP bind on each operation.

NOTE: A Read only access is given to a masquerading user.