HP-UX Directory Server Administrator Guide HP-UX Directory Server Version 8.1 (5900-3098, May 2013)

Contents
1 Basic HP-UX Directory Server Usage...........................................................18
1.1 Overview..........................................................................................................................18
1.2 Directory Server file Locations.............................................................................................18
1.3 Starting and Stopping Servers.............................................................................................19
1.3.1 Starting and stopping Directory Server from the console..................................................19
1.3.2 Starting and stopping Directory Server from the command line........................................20
1.3.3 Starting and stopping Administration Server..................................................................20
1.4 Starting the Directory Server Console...................................................................................20
1.4.1 Logging into Directory Server......................................................................................21
1.4.2 Changing login identity..............................................................................................21
1.4.3 Viewing the current console bind DN...........................................................................22
1.5 Enabling LDAPI.................................................................................................................22
1.6 Changing Directory Server port Numbers.............................................................................22
1.7 Creating a new Directory Server Instance.............................................................................25
1.8 Configuring the Directory Manager.....................................................................................27
1.9 Enabling plug-ins..............................................................................................................28
1.9.1 Enabling plug-ins.......................................................................................................28
1.9.2 Plug-in ordering.........................................................................................................28
2 Configuring Directory Databases................................................................30
2.1 Overview of Directory Databases........................................................................................30
2.2 Creating and Maintaining Suffixes......................................................................................30
2.2.1 Creating suffixes........................................................................................................31
2.2.1.1 Creating a new root suffix using the console...........................................................32
2.2.1.2 Creating a new sub suffix using the console...........................................................33
2.2.1.3 Creating root and sub suffixes from the command line.............................................35
2.2.2 Maintaining suffixes...................................................................................................36
2.2.2.1 Disabling a suffix...............................................................................................37
2.2.2.2 Deleting a suffix................................................................................................37
2.3 Creating and Maintaining Databases..................................................................................38
2.3.1 Creating databases....................................................................................................38
2.3.1.1 Creating a new database for an existing suffix using the console...............................40
2.3.1.2 Creating a new database for a single suffix from the command line..........................41
2.3.1.3 Adding multiple databases for a single suffix..........................................................41
2.3.1.3.1 Adding the custom distribution function to a suffix using the Directory Server
Console..................................................................................................................42
2.3.1.3.2 Adding the custom distribution function to a suffix using the command line.........43
2.3.2 Maintaining directory databases.................................................................................43
2.3.2.1 Placing a database in read-only mode..................................................................43
2.3.2.1.1 Making a database read-only using the console..............................................43
2.3.2.1.2 Making a database read-only from the command line......................................44
2.3.2.1.3 Placing the entire directory server in read-only mode........................................44
2.3.2.2 Deleting a database..........................................................................................45
2.3.2.3 Configuring transaction logs for frequent database updates.....................................46
2.3.3 Database encryption..................................................................................................47
2.3.3.1 Encryption keys..................................................................................................47
2.3.3.2 Encryption ciphers.............................................................................................48
2.3.3.3 Configuring database encryption from the console.................................................48
2.3.3.4 Configuring database encryption using the command line.......................................50
2.3.3.5 Exporting and importing an encrypted database...................................................51
2.4 Creating and Maintaining Database Links............................................................................51
2.4.1 Creating a new database link.....................................................................................52
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