How can you implement referrals for WebSphere Portal 6.1? You have configured WebSphere Portal to an LDAP server that may return a referral in order to locate a specific user or group.
Answer
WebSphere Application Server 6.1 does not support referrals in standalone LDAP environments. However, referrals can be leveraged in a federated repository environment by using one of the following two methods for updating the Virtual Member Manager (VMM) configuration:
Method 1.
1. Login to the Integrated Solutions Console.
2. Navigate to Secure administration, applications, and infrastructure --> Federated repositories --> Manage repositories --> repository name.
3. In the drop-down list for "Support referrals to other LDAP servers", select Follow.
4. Save the changes and restart the servers.
Method 2.
1. Open the
2. Search for referal="ignore".
3. Change this to referal="follow".
4. Save the changes and restart the servers.
