[Fedora-directory-users] VLV index and uid attribute

[Ulf Weltman]

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@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
>
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