Using Web Administration

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You can use the instructions provided here to view the object classes contained in the schema through Web Administration Tool.

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Expand Schema management in the navigation area and click Manage object classes.

A read-only panel is displayed that enables you to view the object classes in the schema and their characteristics. The object classes are displayed in alphabetical order. Use the table options to locate the object class that you want to view. See Using tables in the Web Administration Tool for information on how to use these options.

After you have located the object class that you want, you can view its type, required attributes, and optional attributes. Expand the drop-down menus for required attributes and optional attributes to see the full listings for each characteristic.
Note: When the Web admin tool is used to access the admin server:
  • The status bar on the Manage object classes panel displays a message indicating that the tool is connected to the admin server. If you access panels that are not supported by admin server, a message is displayed indicating that the functions on the panels are not supported.
  • The Manage object classes panel is enabled based on the capabilities present in rootDSE for ibm-supportedcapabilities attribute.
To view additional information about the object class:
  1. Select the object class.
  2. Click View.
The View object class panel is displayed.

This panel has two tabs. The Formatted view tab supplies the object class name, description, OID, object class type, superior object classes, required attributes, required inherited attributes, optional attributes and optional inherited attributes. The information is displayed in a printable format. The Server view tab provides the information in the format used in the attribute file on the server.

When you are finished click Close to return to the Managing object classes panel.