Viewing attributes

The schema editor displays all of the attribute types on your PingDirectory server instance.

It shows the basic properties that are required elements in addition to the extra properties that are allowed within the attribute definition.

Viewing attribute types using the schema editor

Before you begin

Ensure that the PingDirectory server instance is running.

To view attribute types using the schema editor:

Steps

Sign on to the admin console.
In the sidebar, select LDAP Schema.
On the Attribute Types tab, click a specific attribute to view its definition.

Example:

To follow this example, click the aRecord attribute.
To see the equivalent attribute definition in ASN.1 format, click the More Options (…) icon on the attribute window and select View as LDIF in the list.

Viewing attribute types over LDAP

Steps

To view an operational attribute, run ldapsearch.

Example:

This example uses ldapsearch to view the multi-valued operational attribute attributeTypes, which publishes the definitions on the PingDirectory server.

The attribute is stored in the subschema subentry.
```
$ bin/ldapsearch --baseDN cn=schema --searchScope base \
  "(objectclass=*)" attributeTypes
```

Viewing a specific attribute type over LDAP

Steps

To search for a specific attribute, run ldapsearch with the --dontWrap option and use the grep command.

Example:

$ bin/ldapsearch --baseDN cn=schema \
  --searchScope base --dontWrap "(objectclass=*)" \
  attributeTypes | grep 'personalTitle'