After setting up the deployment scenario, the PingDirectoryProxy server will respond to requests to the dc=example,dc=com and o=sample base distinguished names (DNs).

  1. To view a Sample Corporation entry, run ldapsearch.

    The following example fetches the user with sampleID=scase under the ou=east,o=sample base DN.

    root@proxy-east-01: bin/ldapsearch --bindDN "cn=directory manager" \
--bindPassword password --baseDN "ou=east,o=sample" "(sampleID=scase)"
    dn: sampleID=scase,ou=People,ou=east,o=sample
objectClass: person
objectClass: organizationalPerson
objectClass: inetOrgPerson
objectClass: exampleAccount
objectClass: top
description: A customer account migrated from Sample merger
sampleID: scase
userPassword: {SSHA}A5O4RrQHWXc2Ii3btD4exGdP0TVW9VL3CR3ZXA==
exAccountNumber: 234098
givenName: Sterling
cn: Sterling Case
sn: Case
telephoneNumber: +1 804 094 3356
street: 00468 Second Street
mail: sterlingcase@maildomain.com
l: Arlington
st: VA
sampleRegion: east
sampleLinkedAccounts: sampleID=jcase,ou=People,ou=east,o=sample
  2. Modify the sampleRegion value by changing it to west.

    To modify the value, create an ldapmodify input file, called scase-mod.ldif, with the following contents.

    dn: sampleID=scase,ou=People,ou=east,o=sample
changetype: modify
replace: sampleRegion
sampleRegion: west
  3. Use the file as an argument in the ldapmodify command. 
    root@proxy-east-01: bin/ldapmodify --bindDN "cn=Directory Manager" \
--bindPassword password --filename scase-mod.ldif
    Processing MODIFY request for sampleID=scase,ou=People, ou=east,o=sample    
MODIFY operation successful for DN sampleID=scase,ou=People, ou=east,o=sample
  4. Search for the scase sampleRegion value under o=sample 
    root@proxy-east-01: bin/ldapsearch --bindDN "cn=directory manager" \
--bindPassword password --baseDN "o=sample"  "(sampleID=scase)" \
sampleRegion
    dn: sampleID=scase,ou=People,ou=east,o=sample
sampleRegion: west
  5. To search for scase, use uid instead of sampleID, under the dc=example,dc=com base DN.

    You can see the Example.com schema version of the entry in the following sample.

    root@proxy-east-01: bin/ldapsearch --bindDN "cn=directory manager" \
--bindPassword password --baseDN "dc=example,dc=com"  "(uid=scase)"
    dn: uid=scase,ou=People,dc=example,dc=com
objectClass: person
objectClass: exampleAccount
objectClass: inetOrgPerson
objectClass: organizationalPerson
objectClass: top
description: A customer account migrated from Sample merger
uid: scase
userPassword: {SSHA}A5O4RrQHWXc2Ii3btD4exGdP0TVW9VL3CR3ZXA==
exAccountNumber: 234098
givenName: Sterling
cn: Sterling Case
sn: Case
telephoneNumber: +1 804 094 3356
street: 00468 Second Street
mail: sterlingcase@maildomain.com
l: Arlington
st: VA
exSampleRegion: west
exSampleLinkedAccounts: uid=jcase,ou=People,dc=example,dc=com