Adding a server to the directory services

WARNING! Most LDAP servers have an ldapadd utility for adding directory entries. Sybase recommends you use dsedit instead since it has built-in semantic checks that generic tools do not provide.

Each server entry is made up of a set of attributes. When you add or modify a server entry, you are prompted for information about server attributes. Some attributes are provided by default, others require user input. When a default value is provided, it appears in brackets “[ ]”. See Table 3-2 for accepted values.

StepsAdding a server entry to the directory service using dsedit

Before you can add, delete, or modify an LDAP server entry, you must add the LDAP URL to the libtcl.cfg file. See “The libtcl*.cfg file”.

Use dsedit to add a server to the directory service:

  1. Source SYBASE.csh or SYBASE.sh to set the environment variables.

  2. cd to $SYBASE/$SYBASE_OCS/bin.

  3. Execute dsedit.

  4. Select LDAP from the list of servers, and click OK.

  5. Click Add New Server Entry.

  6. Enter:

  7. Click Add New Network Transport and:

  8. Click OK two times to edit dsedit.

To view the server entries, enter the following URL in Netscape, http://host:port/ditbase??one.

For example:

ldap://huey:11389/dc=sybase,dc=com??one

NoteMicrosoft Internet Explorer does not recognize LDAP URLs.

For more information about dscp, see the Open Client/Server Configuration Guide, in the 11.1.x Generic Collection.