Description of problem:


With the old console on 389-ds 1.3.x I can manage the nsslapd-state for all suffixes.  In the new cockpit console I can't find an option to manage this attribute. It's always backend.  dsconf doesn't manage this attribute too.

At least, a new option in dsconf could be provided. For instance:
 
# dsconf instance backend suffix set --state

Allowed values:

backend: The back-end database processes all operations.
disabled: The database is not available for processing operations. The server returns a No
such search object error in response to requests made by client applications.
referral: Directory Server returns a referral URL for requests to this suffix.
referral on update: The database is used for all operations. Only for update requests is a
referral sent.


Now I have to force an ldapmodify to set the value:

dn: cn=<suffix name>,cn=mapping tree,cn=config
changeype: modify
replace: nsslapd-state
nsslapd-state: referral on update