dsadmin

Purpose

Use at the HP-UX prompt to:

Display or temporarily set the values for the nwcm parameter ds_bindery_context (to make permanent changes, use nwcm).
Abort Directory Services client requests.
Display the active Directory Services tree.

Syntax

dsadmin [-a count] [-b minutes] 
[-B bindery_context [;bindery_context]]
[-d ON|OFF|value] [-e ON|OFF][-f [ON] [OFF]]
[-F file name][-i minutes][-j minutes]
[-r ON, nds-version[nds-version|off]
[-s up|down][-t] [-U][-x hours]
[-z]

Option	Use to
-a	Abort DS client requests that exceed the specified count of "request being processed" (RBP) retries. Any outstanding DS client requests that have RBP counters greater than the value you specify for count are cancelled. You may need to use this option if a client request is in a loop. To determine if a client request is looping, use the nwetcinfo utility. The last parameter reported by nwetcinfo, "Highest Request Being Processed count current in request table," indicates the highest number of consecutive RBP packets outstanding for any client request. If this number is large (for example, 10 or more), the request is probably in a loop.
-b	Set the interval, in minutes, at which NDS backlink consistency checking is performed.
-B	Sets the NDS container(s) where bindery services are provided. Multiple contexts are separated by the semicolon character.
-d	On or a dstrace value enables NDS tracing to the screen, off disables it.
-e	Enforce checking of the "Equivalent to Me" attribute on authentication
-f	Trace DS events to the specified NDS trace file on the SYS volume.
-F	Set the path and name of the specified NDS trace file on the SYS volume.
-i	Specify the interval, in minutes, after which synchronization of replicas is performed following a period of no change to the information held in NDS on the server.
-j	Set the interval, in minutes, at which the NDS janitor process is executed.
-r	Restrict NDS synchronization. OFF allows synchronization with any version of DS. ON restricts synchronization to version numbers you specify as parameters. For example, ON, 420 421.
-s	Mark the status of all server objects in the local namebase as UP or DOWN.
-t	Display the name of the Directory Services tree that is active on the NetWare server.
-U	Forces the NWS server ro unregister the DSInstall or DSRepair utility from NDS. If the utility exited abnormally, this option will allow you to invoke the utility again or shut the NWS server down.
-x	Specify the number of hours that unused external references will be allowed to exist before they are removed.
-z	Clear the NDS trace file (sets the trace file length to zero).

Examples

To	Type
Reset ds_bindery_context to O=Marketing	dsadmin -B binderycontext=O=Marketing
Display the value for ds_bindery_context	dsadmin -B
Abort a request for a DS client that has received 36 consecutive RBP packets from a remote server	dsadmin -a 35
Display the name of the DS tree on the server	dsadmin -t

Using dsadmin

Any option which requires a value will print the current value if the question mark character is substituted for the value. For example, dsadmin -b ? will print out the current value.

Additional Information

Topic	See
The nwcm utility	"npsd"

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