The LDAP Search Populate button is used to load a number of configuration options from the server, these details are then used to enable a number of other features in LDAP Search, this article provides the details of the features that are enabled. The Populate button is shown below.
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When the button is pressed the RootDSE for the server is retrieved and the following details are populated.
- Sets the ##default, ##config, and ##schema variables with the corresponding naming contexts. See LDAP Search Favorites
- Set the server field to the server that provided the RootDSE
- Sets the BaseDN field to the default naming context in the RootDSE, if the server is not AD, this will be set to the first non Configration based NC
- Instantiates the LDAP API so filter validation is enabled
- If the Auto Complete option is enabled, the complete list of attributes is also downloaded from the server and the Attribute List button is enabled
- The complete list of Attributes and classes are available in the LDAP Filter Wizard