Using Web Administration
You can use the instructions provided here to create and remove default referrals through Web Administration Tool.
About this task
- If you have not already done so, use the Web Administration Tool to log on to the master server.
- Add a referral entry by selecting the referral object class from the Structural object classes list on the Select object class panel. See Addition of an entry for additional information.
- On the Required attributes tab, click Manage Referral.
- On the Manage referral panel, click Add to display the
Add referral panel. Note: For Admin referrals, the fields related to attributes and filter are not displayed. Admin referrals can be created by adding a referral from the Manage Server Properties panel in the Server Administration category.
- From the Server hostname:port drop down list, select an LDAP server and port or enter a host name and port number of a server in the field in the hostname:port format.
- Select Use SSL, if the referral is to a secure (SSL) server.
- Enter the base DN in the directory information tree in the target server. For example ou=austin,o=sample.
- Select the attributes you want to include in the referral URL and click Add. To remove an attribute from the referral URL, highlight the attribute in the Selected attributes field and click Remove.
- Select the scope for the referral search.
- Select Object to search only within the selected object.
- Select Single level to search only within the immediate children of the selected object.
- Select Subtree to search all descendants of the selected entry.
- Select None to specify no scope.
- Specify a search filter. See Search filters for more information.
- Click OK.
- Repeat these steps for additional referrals.
- When you are finished, click Next on the Required attributes tab.
- At the Optional attributes tab enter the values as appropriate for the other attributes.
- Click Finish to create the entry.