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Default Referrals
Typically, a default referral URL contains an LDAP URL that points to a server that holds the root of
the tree. An LDAP URL has the following form: ldap://
host
:
port
.
You enter a default referral in the Default Referral URL field:
Historically, the eDirectory LDAP server sent the default referral in a number of failover situations.
Many users find these behaviors strange and sometimes unpredictable. LDAP Services for
eDirectory 8.8 let you control when the default referral is sent for any kind of subordinate referral.
The new option is a value (setting) held on the ldapDefaultReferralBehavior attribute on the LDAP
server and LDAP Group objects. The value is an integer which is a bitmask of the following bits.
If the LDAP server is configured to Always Refer for the operation, and if any of the conditions
listed are met and the corresponding value is set, the default referral is returned.
Setting Referrals for Search Operations
A functionality introduced in LDAP for eDirectory 8.7 causes referrals to behave slightly differently
than with earlier versions of eDirectory and NDS. The differences influence the way you configure
LDAP Services.
You can configure the eDirectory LDAP server to return referrals to other eDirectory servers within
the eDirectory tree. By default, the LDAP server chains all operations to other eDirectory servers on
behalf of the user, and referrals are never returned.
Prior to eDirectory 8.7, the referral options only existed as settings on the LDAP Group object. With
eDirectory 8.8 you can set these options on the LDAP server object also. Any setting on the LDAP
server object overrides that setting on the LDAP Group object.
You set the Referral Option by manipulating the ldapSearchReferralOption attribute. Previous to
LDAP Services for eDirectory 8.7, you could set this attribute to the following options:
“Prefer Chaining” on page 374
(the default option)
Bits
Value
0x00000001
The base DN is not found
0x00000002
The base DN is on an unavailable eDirectory server
0x00000004
An entry in the search scope is on an unavailable eDirectory
server
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