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Use the authentication tab to set the attributes required for your new database link to connect with a remote data source on another server.
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<b>Suffix managed by this database link. </b>The suffix of your directory information tree managed by this database link.
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<b>Remote server URL. </b>The LDAP URL of the remote server to which this database link connects. The LDAP URL syntax is <br><code>ldap://</code><span class="variable">server</span><code>:[</code><span class="variable">port</span><code>][</code> <span class="variable">server</span><code>[:</code><span class="variable">port</span><code>]]/</code>
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<b>Database link bind DN. </b>The DN used by the database link to bind with the remote server. This DN cannot be the directory manager.
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<b>Database link password.</b> Password used by the database link to bind with the remote server.
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<b>Confirm database link password.</b> Confirm the remote password.
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<b>Remote server checklist. </b>Lists what you need to configure on the remote server for database link to successfully chain operations.
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<b>User entry. </b>You need to create an entry in the remote database that corresponds to the DN you specified as the remote server bind DN for the database link.
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<b>ACI. </b>Provides a sample proxy authorization ACI that need to be added to the naming context on the remote database to which the database link points. This ACI gives the proxy administrative user access only to the data contained within the subtree on which it is specified.
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