HP UX Red Hat Direry Server Software manual Adding Attribute Values, Removing an Attribute Value

Modifying Directory Entries

•The size of each attribute name in the request

•The size of the values of each of the attributes in the request

•The size of the DN in the request

•Some overhead; usually 10 kilobytes is sufficient

One common issue that requires increasing the nsslapd-maxbersizesetting is using attributes which hold CRL values, such as certificateRevocationList, authorityRevocationList, and deltaRevocationList.

For further information about the nsslapd-maxbersizeattribute and for information about setting this attribute, see the section "nsslapd-maxbersize (MaximumMessage Size)" in chapter 2, "Core Server Configuration Reference," in Red Hat Directory Server Configuration, Command, and File Reference.

1.3.6. Adding Attribute Values

Multi-valued attributes allow multiple value for one attribute to be added to an entry. To add an attribute value to a multi-valued attribute:

1.In the Directory tab of the Directory Server Console, right-click the entry to modify, and select Advanced from the pop-up menu.

Alternatively, double-click the entry to open the Property Editor, and click the Advanced button.

2.Select the attribute to which to add a value, and then click Add Value. A new blank text field opens in the right column.

3.Type in the new attribute value.

4.Click OK in the Advanced Property Editor to close the Advanced Property Editor, then click OK again to close the Property Editor.

1.3.7. Removing an Attribute Value

To remove an attribute value from an entry, do the following:

1.In the Directory tab of the Directory Server Console, right-click the entry to modify, and select Advanced from the pop-up menu.

Alternatively, double-click the entry to open the Property Editor, and click the Advanced button.

2.Click the text box of the attribute value to remove, and click Delete Value.

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