Parameters for the DN partitioning function
The following table lists the parameters in the parameter
block that are passed between the IBM® Security Verify
Directory Proxy
Server back-end and the plug-in by using the slapi_pblock_set() and slapi_pblock_get() functions.
If you are writing your own DN partitioning plug-in, you can get value
of these parameters by calling slapi_pblock_get().
| Parameter ID | Description |
|---|---|
| SLAPI_TARGET_DN | Address of a DN for which the partition value to be calculated. This DN is normalized and is in the UTF-8 format. |
| SLAPI_PARTITION_BASE | Address of a base DN that is the base or suffix of the target DN. This base DN is normalized and is in the UTF-8 format. |
| SLAPI_NUMBER_OF_PARTITIONS | The number of partitions that are used for the calculation of DN partition value. |
| SLAPI_PARTITION_NUMBER | A plug-in calculated partition value. |