Ville Silventoinen wrote: > I know there was an earlier thread about using uid attribute for > sorting and that it's not supported by the Console: > > http://www.mail-archive.com/fedora-directory-users at redhat.com/msg04439.html > > > However, I thought I'd try following approach: > > 1. I deleted previous Browsing index for People by using the Console. > > 2. I created following VLV entries as it suggests in the Admin Guide > "Managing Indexes" chapter (my database is called "ebiRoot"): > > dn: cn=MCC ou=People dc=ebi dc=ac dc=uk,cn=ebiRoot,cn=ldbm > database,cn=plugins,cn=config > objectClass: top > objectClass: vlvSearch > cn: MCC ou=People dc=ebi dc=ac dc=uk > vlvBase: ou=People,dc=ebi,dc=ac,dc=uk > vlvScope: 1 > vlvFilter: (|(objectclass=*)(objectclass=ldapsubentry)) > > dn: cn=by MCC ou=People dc=ebi dc=ac dc=uk,cn=MCC ou=People dc=ebi > dc=ac dc=uk,cn=ebiRoot,cn=ldbm database,cn=plugins,cn=config > objectClass: top > objectClass: vlvIndex > cn: by MCC ou=People dc=ebi dc=ac dc=uk > vlvSort: uid > > 3. Then I shutdown slapd and ran the vlvindex command: > > $ ./vlvindex -n ebiRoot -T "by MCC ou=People dc=ebi dc=ac dc=uk" > > [23/Mar/2007:16:47:05 +0000] - WARNING: Import is running with > nsslapd-db-private-import-mem on; No other process is allowed to > access the database > [23/Mar/2007:16:47:05 +0000] - dblayer_instance_start: pagesize: 4096, > pages: 518726, procpages: 6433 > [23/Mar/2007:16:47:05 +0000] - cache autosizing: import cache: 204800k > [23/Mar/2007:16:47:05 +0000] - li_import_cache_autosize: 50, > import_pages: 51200, pagesize: 4096 > [23/Mar/2007:16:47:06 +0000] - ebiRoot: Indexing VLV: by MCC ou=People > dc=ebi dc=ac dc=uk > [23/Mar/2007:16:47:06 +0000] - ebiRoot: Indexed 1000 entries (70%). > [23/Mar/2007:16:47:06 +0000] - ebiRoot: Finished indexing. > > Looks like everything went well from the output. > > 4. Start slapd, start the console. When I view People, they are still > sorted by cn. Why does it ignore the VLV config that created above? I > also confirmed from Console that vlvsort is set to "uid". The DirBrowser in the Directory Console sends a control requesting serverside sorting for an order of cn,givenname,o,ou,sn. Configurable sort order is an RFE for a future release. http://cvs.fedora.redhat.com/lxr/dirsec/source/directoryconsole/src/com/netscape/admin/dirserv/browser/BrowserController.java#75 > > This is not a major problem, I'm just curious why the above solution > doesn't work? It looks like Console doesn't care what the vlvSort > value is? I don't understand how it can sort with cn when there is no > index. > > Thanks! > Ville > > -- > Fedora-directory-users mailing list > Fedora-directory-users at redhat.com > https://www.redhat.com/mailman/listinfo/fedora-directory-users >
