Enabling a virtual attribute
You can enable a virtual attribute using the dsconfig
tool.
If you are using dsconfig
in interactive command-line mode, you can access the virtual attribute menu from the Standard object menu
.
Enabling a virtual attribute using dsconfig
interactive mode
Steps
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To enable a virtual attribute, use
dsconfig
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Specify the connection port, bind DN, password, and host information.
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Enter the LDAP connection parameter for your PingDirectory server:
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For LDAP, enter
1
. -
For SSL, enter
2
. -
For StartTLS, enter
3
.Example:
bin/dsconfig
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On the PingDirectory server main menu, enter
o
to change the object menu, and then enter the number corresponding toStandard
. -
On the PingDirectory server main menu, enter the number corresponding to virtual attributes.
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On the
Virtual Attribute management
menu, enter the number to view and edit an existing virtual attribute. -
From the list of existing virtual attributes on the system, select the virtual attribute.
For this example, enter the number corresponding to the
numSubordinates
virtual attribute. -
On the
numSubordinates Virtual Attribute Properties
menu, enter the number to enable the virtual attribute. -
On the
Enabled Property
menu for thenumSubordinates
virtual attribute, enter the number to change the value toTRUE
. -
On the
numSubordinates Virtual Attribute Properties
menu, enterf
to apply the changes. -
Verify that the virtual attribute is enabled.
Example:
This example assumes you have configured the group entries.
$ bin/ldapsearch --baseDN dc=example,dc=com "(ou=People)" numSubordinates
Result:
The system returns the following.
dn: ou=People,dc=example,dc=com numSubordinates: 1000