03 Troubleshooting
Server
Shortname lookups to LDAP directories
In the following situations a Domino R5.0 or R5.0.1 server first looks for a shortname attribute when searching a third-party LDAP server:
- You set up directory assistance to use a third-party LDAP server to authenticate Domino Web clients and you choose the Web server authentication option "More name variations with lower security."
- You set up directory assistance so that Notes users use a third-party LDAP server for mail addressing and a Notes user enters part of the common name (for example John) and presses F9.
These types of searches can be slow if the third-party server's schema doesn't include the shortname field. To speed up these types of searches, add the attribute shortname to the server's schema.
Note: As of R5.0.2, the shortname attribute is no longer used in the search filters so this schema extension is no longer necessary.
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