Setting Account Properties

The following sections describe how to set the look-through limit, size limit, time limit and idle timeout of an account.

To Set the Look-Through Limit for an Account

1. Use the ldapmodify command to set the value of nsLookThroughLimit.

   The following command removes the look-through limit for Barbara Jensen:

   $ ldapmodify -D cn=admin,cn=Administrators,cn=config -w - Enter bind password: dn: uid=bjensen,ou=people,dc=example,dc=com changetype: modify add: nsLookThroughLimit nsLookThroughLimit: -1 ^D modifying entry uid=bjensen,ou=people,dc=example,dc=com ^D $

To Set the Size Limit for an Account

1. Use the ldapmodify command to set the value of nsSizeLimit.

   The following command removes the size limit for Barbara Jensen:

   $ ldapmodify -D cn=admin,cn=Administrators,cn=config -w - Enter bind password: dn: uid=bjensen,ou=people,dc=example,dc=com changetype: modify add: nsSizeLimit nsSizeLimit: -1 ^D modifying entry uid=bjensen,ou=people,dc=example,dc=com ^D $

To Set the Time Limit for an Account

1. Use the ldapmodify command to set the value of nsTimeLimit.

   The following command removes the time limit for Barbara Jensen:

   $ ldapmodify -D cn=admin,cn=Administrators,cn=config -w - Enter bind password: dn: uid=bjensen,ou=people,dc=example,dc=com changetype: modify add: nsTimeLimit nsTimeLimit: -1 ^D modifying entry uid=bjensen,ou=people,dc=example,dc=com ^D $

To Set the Idle Timeout for an Account

1. Use the ldapmodify command to set the value of nsIdleTimeout.

   The following command sets the idle timeout for Barbara Jensen to five minutes (300 seconds):

   $ ldapmodify -D cn=admin,cn=Administrators,cn=config -w - Enter bind password: dn: uid=bjensen,ou=people,dc=example,dc=com changetype: modify add: nsIdleTimeout nsIdleTimeout: 300 ^D modifying entry uid=bjensen,ou=people,dc=example,dc=com ^D $