Adding a server to the directory services
76 Adaptive Server Enterprise
Adding a server to the directory services Warning! M o st LDAP servers have an ldapadd utility for adding directory
entries. Sybase recommends you use dsedit instead since it has built-in
semantic checks that generic tools do not provi de.
Each server entry is made up of a set of attributes. When you add or modify a
server entry, you are prompted for information about server attributes. Some
attributes are provided by default, others require user input. When a default
value is provided, it appears in brackets “[ ]”. See Table 6-2 for accepted
values.
You can use srvbuild to add entries, but not modify or delete them.
vAdding a server entry to the directory service using dsedit
Before you can add, delete, or modify an LDAP server entry, you must add the
LDAP URL to the libtcl.cfg file. See “The libtcl*.cfg file” on page 73.
Use dsedit to add a server to the directory service:
1 Source SYBASE.csh or SYBASE.sh to set the environment variables.
2cd to $SYBASE/$SYBASE_OCS/bin.
3 Execute dsedit.
4 Select LDAP from the list of servers, and click OK.
5 Click Add New Server Entry.
6Enter:
• The server name – this is required.
• The security mechanism – optional. This is the name of the high-
availability failover server, if you have one.
7 Click Add New Network Transport and:
• Select the transport type from the drop-down list.
• Enter the host name.
• Enter the port number
8 Click OK two times to edit dsedit.
To view the server entries, enter the following URL in Netscape
http://host:port/ditbase??one.