Expand the entry for the adapter that contains the source entries you want to

Managing Oracle Virtual Directory Entries and Schema 15-9 ■ Managing Oracle Virtual Directory Schema Object Classes

15.2.1 Managing Oracle Virtual Directory Schema Attributes

This section explains how to manage Oracle Virtual Directory schema attributes and contains the following tasks: ■ Searching for Schema Attributes ■ Creating New Schema Attributes ■ Creating Like Schema Attributes ■ Modifying Schema Attributes ■ Deleting Schema Attributes

15.2.1.1 Searching for Schema Attributes

Oracle Directory Services Manager provides search functionality to simplify the process of navigating schema attributes. Perform the following steps to search for schema attributes using Oracle Directory Services Manager: 1. Log in to Oracle Directory Services Manager.

2. Select Schema from the task selection bar. The Attribute Types and Object Classes

navigation tree appears.

3. Expand the Attribute Types entry. The Attribute Type controls, including search

field, and a list of the existing schema attributes appear. 4. Enter a string to search for in the search field. Two pattern matching characters are supported, and ?. Use the character as a wildcard to match zero or more characters. Use the ? character to match one single character. For example, the search string auth???????? returns the attribute authPassword.

5. Click the Go icon to start the search. The attributes that match the search

criteria appear in the navigation tree.

15.2.1.2 Creating New Schema Attributes

Perform the following steps to create new Oracle Virtual Directory schema attributes using Oracle Directory Services Manager:

1. Log in to Oracle Directory Services Manager.

2. Select Schema from the task selection bar. The Attribute Types and Object Classes

navigation tree appears.

3. Expand the Attribute Types entry. A list of the existing schema attributes appears.

4. Click the Create button. The New Attribute Type dialog box appears.

Note: This topic explains how to manage Oracle Virtual Directory schema using Oracle Directory Services Manager. If you use ldapmodify to modify Oracle Virtual Directory schema, be aware of the following items: ■ Oracle Virtual Directory expects schema keywords such as name to be in all capital letters NAME. ■ Oracle Virtual Directory does not support the ldapmodify replace operation when modifying schema.