Plug-ins

When you select a plug-in, the right pane displays basic information about the plug-in. You cannot modify plug-ins from the Directory Server Console.

Enable plug-in. Select this checkbox to enable the plug-in; clear the checkbox to disable the plug-in. After enabling or disabling a plug-in, you must restart the directory.

Plug-in ID. Gives the name of the plug-in.

Description. Contains descriptive text about the plug-in.

Version. Gives the version number of the plug-in.

Vendor. Identifies the manufacturer of the plug-in.

Plug-in type. Defines the type of plug-in, such as preoperational or postoperational.

Initialization function. Identifies the function that the server calls to initialize the plug-in.

Plug-in module path. Gives the name and path of the shared object that contains the plug-in. The path and shared object suffix can be omitted if the plug-in is in the server's default plug-in directory.

Arguments. Specifies any additional arguments that are passed to the initialization function.