An Overview of Gateway File Types
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• create new gateway instances
• edit the object class attributes that define the entries users can add to the
Directory
• edit the search object class attributes that define how people search for and
view entries in the LDAP directory
• change the appearance of gateway forms
• update the gateway with changes to Directory Server configuration
Files that control gateway functionality are described in Table 4.1.
Table 4.1 Gateway File Types and Locations
File Types What They Do Location
Gateway .conf files Define basic configuration
parameters for the gateway
and specifies the HTML and
template directory.
<NSHOME>/dsgw/context
Gateway search
configuration files
Define how the gateway
performs searches in the
Directory.
<NSHOME>/dsgw/config
Gateway search
result templates
Define the filters used to
display search results to the
user.
<NSHOME>/dsgw/config
Object class
templates
Define object classes and
attributes for entry types.
<NSHOME>/dsgw/config
Gateway script files Contain scripts used to
communicate instructions to
the Directory Server over
HTTP.
<NSHOME>/dsgw/config
Banner files Define appearance of colors,
background, graphics on
gateway forms.
<NSHOME>/dsgw/html
