mfds

Manages the Directory Server.

Syntax for starting or stopping the Directory Server:
mfds [/d|/dn network-address|/n network-address] [/j journal-path] [/r] [/p port-number]
Syntax for stopping the Directory Server
mfds [/p port-number] -s option [username password]
Syntax for reporting and exporting information
mfds /v
mfds /m
mfds /e root-DN user-partition-DN group-partition-DN
		  resource-partition-DN schema-format ldif-filename
		  sec-path
mfds /l [schema partition Distinguished Name] option ldif-filename
Syntax for installing and uninstalling Windows services
mfds /c
mfds /u
mfds /i
Parameters:
/d Show debug information; this is a record of activity on the Directory Server that can be useful when investigating problems
/dn network-address Show debug information and bind to the specific network adapter at network-address, where network-address is four decimal numbers of up to three digits separated by full stops.
/e root DN user partition DN group partition DN resource partition DN schema format ldif-filename sec-path Export Directory Server users and groups from the MF Directory Server repository to an LDIF file
root-DN The application partition to which all of the exported entries will be assigned.
user-partition-DN The name of the container within the application partition to which the exprted users will be assigned.
group-partition-DN The container within the application partition to which the exported groups will be assigned.
root-DN The container within the application partition to which the exported resource definitions will be assigned.
schema-format Values: 1 = Active Directory (Default).
sec-path The location of the MF Directory Server repository.
/j directory-path Override the journal path. Journal data will be written to the filesystem directory that you specify. For example: mfds /j e:\journal
/l [schema partition Distinguished Name] option ldif-filename Export the schema extensions that an LDAP server will require to support Micro Focus applications.
schema partition Distinguished Name Specifies the DN of the partition in the Directory Information Tree where the schema definition is held. The schema partition holds, amongst other things, attributeSchema and classSchema objectclass instances.
option Specifies the target directory server type: 1 = Active Directory (Default)

Note: If you specify the ldif-filename , you must also specify a value for this parameter.

ldif-filename Specifies the name of the destination file.

Default: mfds_schema_[ mfds version ].ldf (e.g. mfds_schema_1.05.09.ldf)

/m Display the location of the Directory Server repository.
/n network-address Bind to the specific network adapter at network-address, where network-address is four decimal numbers of up to three digits separated by full stops.
/p port-number Bind to a non-standard port.

Warning: Many programs depend on Directory Server using the default port (86). Therefore, if you use an alternative port, you may experience interoperability problems.

You should also consider carefully before using this option to run more than one Directory Server on the same machine. By default, both would use the same options file and repository, and might therefore encounter conflicts.

/r Refuse access to the Enterprise Server Administration interface.
/s option [username password] Request a controlled shutdown of a Directory Server and optionally the associated enterprise servers. If the Directory Server is not using the default port, the /p option must be used to specify the port that is being used.
option
Values Meaning
1 Shutdown the Directory Server only
2 Shutdown the Directory Server and any associated enterprise servers.
username and password These must be supplied if the Directory Server is running with Restrict administration access checked.
/v Show version information for Directory Server
Comments:

The command to start the Directory Server can be inserted into your startup shell script; then the Directory Server will be started automatically when the machine is started. The mfds command must be inserted after the command to start up TCP/IP, because Directory Server needs TCP/IP to be running. If the command has been added to your startup shell script you would normally need to start the Directory Server only if you performed a shutdown since you started the machine.

Note: Issuing an mfds command with any of the parameters /e, /l, /m, /v does not start the Directory Server

On UNIX you can use a dash (-) before a parameter as an alternative to a forward slash (/).