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().

Table 1. Parameters for the DN partitioning function
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.