Connecting using an LDAP server

You can specify a central LDAP server to keep track of all database servers in an enterprise if you are operating on a Windows (except Windows Mobile) or Unix platform. When the database server registers itself with an LDAP server, clients can query the LDAP server and find the database server they are looking for, regardless of whether they are on a WAN, LAN, or going through firewalls. Clients do not need to specify an IP address (HOST=). The Server Enumeration utility (dblocate) can also use the LDAP server to find other such servers.

LDAP is only used with TCP/IP, and only on network database servers.

Using SQL Anywhere with an LDAP server on IBM AIX

To use SQL Anywhere with IBM AIX 6, you must either create links in /usr/lib or ensure that the directory containing the LDAP libraries is included in the LIBPATH to ensure that the LDAP system libraries are found.

To create links in /usr/lib

Run the following commands as the root user:

cd /usr/lib
ln -s /opt/IBM/ldap/V6.1/lib64/libibmldap.a libibmldap64.a
ln -s /opt/IBM/ldap/V6.1/lib/libibmldap.a

To add the directory containing the LDAP libraries to LIBPATH

Create links in /usr/lib by running the following commands as the root user:

cd /usr/lib
ln -s /opt/IBM/ldap/V6.1/lib64/libibmldap.a libibmldap64.a
ln -s /opt/IBM/ldap/V6.1/lib/libibmldap.a

Ensure that the directory with the LDAP libraries are in the LIBPATH.

For example, for 64-bit libraries:
export LIBPATH=/opt/IBM/ldap/V6.1/lib64:$LIBPATH
For example, for 32-bit libraries:
export LIBPATH=/opt/IBM/ldap/V6.1/lib:$LIBPATH

Configuring the saldap.ini file

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