Using Browsing Indexes

The browsing index functionality of the Sun ONE Directory Server, otherwise known as the virtual list view, provides a way in which a client can view a select group or number of entries from very long list, thus making the search process less time consuming for each client. Browsing indexes provide optimized, predefined search parameters with which the Solaris LDAP naming client can access specific information from the various services more quickly. Keep in mind that if you do not create browsing indexes, the clients may not get all the entries of a given type because the server limits for search time or number of entries might not be enforced.

Indexes are configured on the directory server and the proxy user has read access to these indexes.

Before configuring browsing indexes on the Sun ONE Directory Server, consider the performance cost associated with using these indexes. For more information, refer to the Administration Guide for the version of Sun ONE Directory Server that you are using.

In the following example, note that the -n option denotes the name of the database with the entries to be indexed and the -s option denotes the instance of the directory server.

idsconfig creates all the default VLV indices.

directoryserver -s ipdserver vlvindex -n userRoot -T getgrent
directoryserver -s ipdserver vlvindex -n userRoot -T gethostent
directoryserver -s ipdserver vlvindex -n userRoot -T getnetent
directoryserver -s ipdserver vlvindex -n userRoot -T getpwent
directoryserver -s ipdserver vlvindex -n userRoot -T getrpcent
directoryserver -s ipdserver vlvindex -n userRoot -T getspent