Table 3-3 [General] directives (continued)

Directive

Description

Req'd?

Example

ConfigDirectoryAdminID

Specifies the user

No

admin

 

distinguished name (DN)

 

 

 

of the user that has

 

 

 

administration privileges to

 

 

 

the configuration directory.

 

 

 

This is usually admin.

 

 

ConfigDirectoryAdminPwd

Specifies the password for

Yes

 

 

the admin user.

 

 

Table 3-4describes the directives for the [slapd] section of the .setup file.

Table 3-4 [slapd] directives

Directive

Description

Req'd?

Example

ServerPort

Specifies the port the

No

389

 

server will use for LDAP

 

 

 

connections. For

 

 

 

information on selecting

 

 

 

server port numbers, see

 

 

 

“Port numbers”.

 

 

ServerIdentifier

Specifies the server

No

phonebook

 

identifier. This value is

 

 

 

used as part of the name of

 

 

 

the directory in which the

 

 

 

Directory Server instance

 

 

 

is installed. For example,

 

 

 

if the machine's host name

 

 

 

is phonebook, then this

 

 

 

name is the default, and

 

 

 

selecting it installs the

 

 

 

Directory Server instance

 

 

 

in a directory labeled

 

 

 

slapd-phonebook.

 

 

Suffix

Specifies the suffix under

No

dc=example, dc=com

 

which to store the

 

 

 

directory data. For

 

 

 

information on suffixes,

 

 

 

see “Directory suffix”.

 

 

RootDN

Specifies the distinguished

No

cn=Directory Manager

 

name used by the

 

 

 

Directory Manager. For

 

 

 

information on the

 

 

 

Directory Manager, see

 

 

 

“Directory manager”.

 

 

RootDNPwd

Specifies the Directory

Yes

 

 

Manager's password.

 

 

AddOrgEntries

If yes, this directive

No

Yes

 

creates the new Directory

 

 

 

Server instance with a

 

 

 

suggested directory

 

 

 

structure and access

 

 

 

control. If this directive is

 

 

 

used and

 

 

 

InstallLdifFile is also

 

 

 

used, then this directive

 

 

 

has no effect. The default

 

 

 

is no.

 

 

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