Virtual Directory Server 6.1 - LDAP Browser User Guide

Overview

The entire GUI for LB is broken into the following component parts:

• The Menu Toolbar

• The Control Toolbar

• The Connection Tab bar

• The Navigation Panel

• The Entry Display Panel

• The Search Button Bar

Fig-2: Components of the LB GUI

Menu Toolbar

Fig-3: The Menu Toolbar

The Menu Toolbar contains all of the menu options available within the browser. If the application is in a particular view or state, where a particular menu option is not relevant, the menu option will be greyed out and will not be accessible. The menu options are categorized to belong to particular functional groups and are listed under each of the menu titles in the following way:

• File

  • Connection: Opens the Connection dialog, where you can either create a new connection or select from a list of preconfigured connections.

  • Close: Closes the currently opened connection.

  • Close All: Closes all currently opened connections.

  • Save: Saves the current connection configuration, and all Searches and Bookmarks, to the stored Connections list.

  • Save As: Saves the current connection configuration, and all Searches and Bookmarks, to the stored Connections list with the option to specify a new name for the connection.

  • Exit: Closes LB.

• Edit

  • New Entry: Creates a new entry in the directory tree.

  • Clone Entry: Clones the current entry in the directory tree.

  • Rename Entry: Allows you to specify a new RDN for an entry in the directory tree.

  • Delete Entry: Deletes an entry within the directory tree.

  • Copy DN: Copies the full DN of the selected entry to the clipboard.

• View

  • Refresh: Refreshes the view of a selected entry or search query.

  • RootDSE Info: View the results for a RootDSE query on the current connection.

• Schema

  • Show Schema: View the schema for the current connection.

  • Refresh Schema: Refreshes the view of the schema. This is very useful if editing the local schema representation.

  • Manage ObjectClass: Allows you to edit the local schema representation for an objectclass. This does not modify the schema on the server, but is useful when working with Virtual Directory products that may include objectclasses not defined in the same way as in the schema reported by a backend server.

  • Manage Attribute: Allows you to edit the local schema representation for an attribute. This does not modify the schema on the server, but is useful when working with Virtual Directory products that may include attributes not defined in the same way as in the schema reported by a backend server.

• Search

  • New Search: Opens the search dialog to allow you to perform a search directly without saving.

  • Add Search: Opens the Add Search dialog to allow you to create a new search shortcut.

  • Manage Searches: Opens the Search Shortcut management panel, where you can add, edit and delete search shortcuts.

  • Save Search As: Opens the search properties window for a new search and allows you to save the search with a search name.

• Bookmark

  • Add Bookmark: Stores a bookmark for the currently selected entry.

  • Manage Bookmarks: Opens the Bookmarks management panel, where you can add, edit, delete and organize stored bookmarks

• LDIF

  • Export Full Tree: Exports an LDIF file for the visible directory tree

  • Export Full Subtree: Exports an LDIF file for all of the entries below the currently selected node in the visible directory tree

• SSL

  • Store Certificate: Allows you to add certificates to a truststore that can be used when initiating SSL encrypted connections to LDAPS servers

• Help

  • Contents: Provides a contents list for the Help pages.

  • More from Dell: Opens the default web browser to take you to the Dell homepage.

  • About: Presents a dialog with information about the product version and authors.

Control Toolbar

Fig-4: The Control Toolbar

The Control Toolbar contains a set of icons that work as buttons to provide shortcuts to commonly used actions. All of the options available in the Control Toolbar are also available in the Menu Toolbar. If the application is in a particular view or state, where a particular Control Button is not relevant, the Control Button will be greyed out and will not be accessible. The Control Toolbar contains buttons that provide shortcuts to the following actions:

• Connection: Opens the Connection dialog, where you can either create a new connection or select from a list of preconfigured connections.

• Close: Closes the currently opened connection.

• Save: Saves the current connection configuration, and all Searches and Bookmarks, to the stored Connections list.

• New Entry: Creates a new entry in the directory tree.

• Clone Entry: Clones the current entry in the directory tree.

• Copy DN: Copies the full DN of the selected entry to the clipboard.

• Delete Entry: Deletes an entry within the directory tree.

• Refresh: Refreshes the view of a selected entry or search query.

• Add Bookmark: Stores a bookmark for the currently selected entry.

• Add Search: Opens the search dialog to allow you to create a new search shortcut.

• Show Schema: View the schema for the current connection.

• RootDSE Info: View the results for a RootDSE query on the current connection.

Connection Tab Bar

Fig-5: The Connection Tab Bar

LB is capable of opening multiple LDAP connections at once. As each connection is opened a new tab will appear in the Connection Tab bar. You can open as many connections as you like, either to the same server, or to different servers. The tabs will be labelled using the name that is stored for the connection when you create it.

The currently active connection will be highlighted in the Connection Tab Bar. The majority of the control available within the browser will only act on the highlighted tab, or the current connection.