slapd This supplies information about the specific Directory Server instance; this information, like the port and server ID, must be unique.

admin It supplies information specific to the Administration Server instance; this is not used when creating additional Directory Server server instances or setting up a single Directory Server instance.

The format of the .inf file is as follows:

[General] directive=value

directive=value

...

[slapd] directive=value

directive=value

...

[admin] directive=value

directive=value

...

The setup file directives are explained in the following sections.

3.6.7.2 Setup file directives

Table 3-3describes the global directives for the [General] section of the setup file.

Table 3-3 [General] directives

Directive

Description

Req'd?

Example

FullMachineName

Specifies the fully qualified

No

ldap.example.com

 

domain name of the

 

 

 

machine on which you are

 

 

 

installing the server. The

 

 

 

default is the local host

 

 

 

name.

 

 

SuiteSpotUserID

Specifies the user name as

No

www

 

which the Directory Server

 

 

 

instance runs. This

 

 

 

parameter does not apply

 

 

 

to the user as which the

 

 

 

Administration Server runs.

 

 

 

The default is user www,

 

 

 

which is recommended for

 

 

 

most deployments.

 

 

SuiteSpotGroup

Specifies the group as which

No

other

 

the servers will run. The

 

 

 

default is group other.

 

 

ConfigDirectoryLdapURL

Specifies the LDAP URL

Yes

ldap://ldap.example.com:389/o=NetscapeRoot

 

that is used to connect to

 

 

 

your configuration

 

 

 

directory. LDAP URLs are

 

 

 

described in the HP-UX

 

 

 

Directory Server administrator

 

 

 

guide.

 

 

AdminDomain

Specifies the administration

No

example.com

 

domain under which this

 

 

 

Directory Server instance is

 

 

 

registered. See

 

 

 

“Administration domain”

 

 

 

for more information about

 

 

 

administration domains.

 

 

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