Perl Scripts
274 Red Hat Directory Server Configuration, Command, and File Reference • May 2005
db2index.pl (Create and generate indexes)
Creates and generates the new set of indexes to be maintained following the
modification of indexing entries in the
cn=config
configuration file.
Syntax
Options
The script
db2index.pl
creates an entry in the directory that launches this
dynamic task. The entry is generated based upon the values you provide for each
option.
Optio
n
Parameter Description
-D rootdn The user DN with root permissions, such as Directory
Manager. The default is the DN of the Directory Manager,
which is read from the nsslapd-root attribute under
cn=config.
-w password The password associated with the user DN.
-a dirName The directory where the backup files will be stored. By
default it is under serverRoot/slapd-serverID/bak.
The backup file is named according to the
year-month-day-hour format (YYYY_MM_DD_hhmmss).
-v Verbose mode.
-t The database type.
Currently, the only possible database
type is
ldbm
.
Perl script:
db2index.pl [-v] -D rootdn { -w password | -j
filename } [-n backendInstance] [-t attributeName]
Optio
n
Parameter Description
-v Verbose mode.