ParameterDescription

Default Value

SyntaxDirectoryString

Example

nsslapd-listenhost: ldap.example.com

NOTE:

The host name value can be a relocatable IP address.

2.3.1.66 nsslapd-localhost (Local host)

This attribute specifies the host machine on which the Directory Server runs. This attribute is used to create the referral URL that forms part of the MMR protocol. In a high-availability configuration with failover nodes, that referral should point to the virtual name of the cluster, not the local host name.

Parameter

Description

Entry DN

cn=config

 

 

Valid Values

Any fully qualified host name.

 

 

Default Value

Host name of installed machine.

 

 

Syntax

DirectoryString

 

 

Example

nsslapd-localhost: phonebook.example.com

 

 

2.3.1.67 nsslapd-localuser (Local user)

This attribute sets the user as whom the Directory Server runs. The group as which the user runs is derived from this attribute by examining the user's primary group. Should the user change, then all the instance-specific files and directories for this instance need to be changed to be owned by the new user, using a tool such as the chown command.

The value for the nsslapd-localuseris set initially when the server instance is configured.

Parameter

Description

Entry DN

cn=config

 

 

Valid Values

Any valid user

 

 

Default Value

 

 

 

Syntax

DirectoryString

 

 

Example

nsslapd-localuser: www

 

 

2.3.1.68 nsslapd-lockdir (Server lock file directory)

This is the full path to the directory the server uses for lock files. The default value is /var/opt/dirsrv/slapd-instance_name/lock. Changes to this value will not take effect until the server is restarted.

Parameter

Description

Entry DN

cn=config

 

 

Valid Values

Absolute path to a directory owned by the server user ID with write access to the server ID

 

 

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