How to define JDNI resource to look up from ldap root

Question

Hi ,
Can someone please help? I am stuck....
In my application, I need to perform some modification which requires fully distinguished name. At the moment the jndi resource configurated using jndi-lookup-name="dc=actd,dc=admin,dc=misk,dc=com,dc=au" so the modification won't work because everything is started from "dc=actd,dc=admin,dc=misk,dc=com,dc=au".
Is there a way, I can tell LdapContext to start from root, not from "dc=actd,dc=admin,dc=misk,dc=com,dc=au"? I don't think so but maybe I am wrong.
On the other hand, how can I configurate the jndi resource so it lookup from root ?
In my case, I am using SunOne application server to configurate external resource for the ldap. jndi-lookup-name is a compulsory field. I have tried to put "/" into it but doesn't work.
<external-jndi-resource enabled="true" factory-class="com.sun.jndi.ldap.LdapCtxFactory" jndi-lookup-name="dc=actd,dc=admin,dc=misk,dc=com,dc=au" jndi-name="active_directory_misk" res-type="javax.naming*ldap.LdapContext">
<description>connect to AD ldap port</description>
<property name="java.naming.provider.url" value="ldap://129.94.154.22:389"/>
<property name="java.naming.security.authentication" value="simple"/>
<property name="java.naming.security.principal" value="Username"/>
<property name="java.naming.security.credentials" value="password"/>
</external-jndi-resource>
Without using JNDI resource as following, it works. But I need to use the external jndi resource for the application. How do I configure the JNDI resource to do the same thing?
Hashtable env = new Hashtable();
env.put(Context.INITIAL_CONTEXT_FACTORY, "com.sun.jndi.ldap.LdapCtxFactory");
env.put(Context.PROVIDER_URL, "ldap://129.94.154.22:389/");
env.put(Context.SECURITY_CREDENTIALS, "password");
env.put(Context.SECURITY_PRINCIPAL, "username");
LdapContext ldapCtx = new InitialLdapContext(env, null);
Any ideas? Thank you very much in advance
Tara

Answer 1

Hi,
If you remove the $ and braces (as shown below) it will work.
<data-source-aliases>
<aliases>
<data-source-name>MYDS</data-source-name>
<alias>BRANCH50DS</alias>
</aliases>
</data-source-aliases>
Regards,
S.Divakar