HP UX Red Hat Direry Server Software manual About the setup-ds-admin.pl Script

About the setup-ds-admin.pl Script

•An .inf file can be used in conjunction with command line parameters. Parameters set in the command line override those specified in an .inf file, which is useful for creating an .inf file to use to set up many Directory Servers. Many of the parameters can be the same, such as

ConfigDirectoryLdapURL, ones specific to the host, such as FullMachineName have to be unique. For example:

setup-ds-admin.pl -s -f common.inf

General.FullMachineName=ldap37.example.com

slapd.ServerIdentifier=ldap37

This command uses the common parameters specified in the common.inf file, but overrides FullMachineName and ServerIdentifier with the command line arguments.

NOTE

The section names and parameter names used in the .inf files and on the command line are case sensitive. Refer to Table 1.1, “setup-ds-admin Options” to check the correct capitalization.

The .inf file has an additional option, ConfigFile which imports the contents of any LDIF file into the Directory Server. This is an extremely useful tool for preconfiguring users, replication, and other directory management entries. For more information on using the ConfigFile parameter to configure the Directory Server, see Section 3.4, “Using the ConfigFile Parameter to Configure the Directory Server”.

Option	Alternate Options	Description	Example
--silent	-s	This sets that the
		setup script will run in
		silent mode, drawing
		the configuration
		information from a file
		(set with the --file
		parameter) or from
		arguments passed in
		the command line
		rather than
		interactively.
--file=name	-fname	This sets the path	/usr/sbin/setup-ds-admin.pl
		and name of the file	-f /export/sample.inf
		which contains the
		configuration settings
		for the new Directory
		Server instance. This

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