Adding a server to the directory services

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

dsedit is a graphical utility that allows you to add, delete and modify servers in the libtcl*.cfg and sql.ini files. 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 and libtcl64.cfg files”.

StepsAdding a server to the directory service using dsedit

Use dsedit to add server to the directory service:

  1. From the Microsoft Windows task bar, select Start | Programs | Sybase | dsedit.

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

  3. Click Add New Server Entry.

  4. Enter:

    • The server name – required.

    • Security mechanism – optional. A list of security mechanism OIDs are located in %SYBASE%\ini\objectid.dat.

    • HA server name – optional. This is the name of the high-availability failover server, if you have one.

  5. Click Add New Network Transport.

    • Select the transport type from the drop-down list.

    • Enter the host name.

    • Enter the port number.

  6. Click OK twice to exit the dsedit utility.

To view the server entries, enter the following URL in a Web browser:

ldap://host:port/ditbase??one

For example:

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

NoteMicrosoft Internet Explorer does not recognize LDAP URLs.