LDAP protocol option

LDAP={ YES | NO | filename }

TCP/IP

YES Specifying LDAP=YES enables LDAP name server support and uses saldap.ini (the default file name) as the configuration file.
NO Specifying NO disables LDAP name server support.
filename Specifying LDAP=filename enables LDAP name server support and uses the specified file as the configuration file.

YES

Having the database server register itself with an LDAP server allows clients to query the LDAP server. This allows clients running over a WAN or through a firewall to find database servers without specifying the IP address. It also allows the Locate utility (dblocate) to find such servers.

Unless a full path is specified with the LDAP protocol option, the saldap.ini file must be located in the same directory as the SQL Anywhere executables (for example, %SQLANY16%\bin32 on Windows).

You can hide the contents of the saldap.ini file with simple encryption using the File Hiding utility.

Using LDAP as a name server is only supported for TCP/IP server communication.

The following example starts a server with LDAP

dbsrv16 -n demo16 -x tcpip(ldap=saldap.ini) demo.db

The following example connects to the LDAP server

dbisql -c links=tcpip(ldap=y);servername=demo16;uid=dba;pwd=sql

LDAP protocol option

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