Modifying Configuration Properties by Using dsconf

Many of the dsconf subcommands enable you to view and modify configuration properties.

• To list the configuration properties used in Directory Server, type:

  $ dsconf help-properties

• To find a particular property, search the output of the help properties.

  For example, if you are using a UNIX® platform and you want to search for all properties relating to referrals, use the following command.

  $ dsconf help-properties | grep -i referral SER referral-url rw M LDAP_URL | undefined Referrals returned to clients requesting a DN not stored in this Directory Server (Default: undefined) SUF referral-mode rw disabled|enabled|only-on-write Specifies how referrals are used for requests involving the suffix (Default: disabled) SUF referral-url rw M LDAP_URL | undefined Server(s) to which updates are referred (Default: undefined) SUF repl-rewrite-referrals-enabled rw on|off Specifies whether automatic referrals are overwritten (Default: off)

  Note that the properties are grouped by targeted objects, such as suffixes (SUF) and server (SER). The rw keyword indicates that the property is readable and writable. The M keyword indicates that the property is multi-valued.

• To see the server attribute, use verbose mode. For example, on a UNIX system, type:

  $ dsconf help-properties -v | grep -i referral-mode SUF referral-mode rw disabled|enabled|only-on-write nsslapd-state Specifies how referrals are used for requests involving the suffix (Default: disabled)

For more information about individual properties, see the man page for that property. The man pages are in Sun Java System Directory Server Enterprise Edition 6.1 Man Page Reference.