Advanced LDAP Settings - Enable Referrals

The LDAP Authentication Server page displays the Enable Referrals feature under Advanced LDAP Settings as shown in the figure below.

Enable Referrals is by default enabled.

Applies only to a distributed environment in which directory data is spread across multiple LDAP servers.

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Enabled = referrals will be used to direct the LDAP client to another LDAP server or service when the current LDAP server is unable to fulfill a request. When the LDAP server receives a request for data it doesn't have, it will refer the client to another LDAP server that might have that data.

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Disabled = referrals will not be used to direct the LDAP client to another LDAP server or service when the current LDAP server is unable to fulfill a request. If the LDAP server receives a request for data it doesn't have, it will not refer the client to another LDAP server that might have that data.