"Your server is not configured properly or your search query has ..."

Question

Config info:
v490, 20k+users, JES 2005Q1,
118540-23
118207-42
115614-20
Brief Description:
When users select the Corporate Directory under the Address Book tab in CE and click the ALL button (or do a wildcard search) they get the following error:
"Your server is not configured properly or your search query has
exceeded the limit. Please check server configuration."
Additional info:
Additionally this error shows up when a user chooses a View: letter and clicks next for the following page, and additionally if they have the Corporate Directory set as their default address book in options.
Logs:
/sun1/dirserv/slapd-mail/logs/errors:
[11/Oct/2005:10:44:21 -0500] - WARNING<20805> - Backend Database - conn=161557 op=34 msgId=169 - search is not indexed
/sun1/dirserv/slapd-mail/logs/access:
[11/Oct/2005:10:23:21 -0500] conn=161557 op=17 msgId=124 - SRCH base="o=ualr.edu,dc=mail,dc=ualr,dc=edu" scope=2
filter="(&(&(cn=*)(|(objectClass=INETORGPERSON)(objectClass=GROUPOFUNIQUENAMES)))(objectClass=*))"
attrs="objectClass"
[11/Oct/2005:10:23:31 -0500] conn=161557 op=17 msgId=124 - RESULT err=0 tag=101 nentries=20540 etime=10 notes=U
/var/sun1/comexp/logs/uwc.log:
Oct 11, 2005 10:52:20 AM com.sun.uwc.abclient.ABInitFilter doFilter WARNING: Address Book session already set!!
changes in /var/sun1/comexp/WEB-INF/config/corp-dir/db_config.properties
lookthru_limit=30000
I have a ticket, just wondering if anyone else has this problem...

Answer 1

You'll be getting this in your case update (answer in response to the internal conversation we've been having about your issue)
So if they really want to control wildcard searches then they should look in the "personalstore.properties" file for the domain (default: /var/opt/SUNWuwc/WEB-INF/domain/personalstore.properties) for the value of "db.idir.wildcardsearch". Its possible settings are documented in the comments. If they wish to disable all "*" and "*x*" searches (i.e. turn off the 'All' and selecting a letter options) they should set the value to at least 2.