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This chapter describes the gateway functionality of Red Hat Directory Server (Directory
Server). The chapter contains the following sections:
•
What Is a Gateway? (page 21)
•
Directory Express and Default Gateway (page 23)
•
Support for Multiple Gateway Instances (page 25)
•
Anonymous and Non-Anonymous Searching (page 27)
•
Automatic Updates to Directory Configuration (page 27)
What Is a Gateway?
A gateway is an HTTP-to-LDAP client that lives on an HTTP server. Using special
directives embedded in HTML files, a gateway allows users to access user directory data
using any kind of web browser. Using a gateway does not require login to the Red Hat
Console.
In Directory Server, many gateway instances can be defined on one HTTP server, providing
access to any number of Directory Servers. A gateway instance consists of the following:
•
A
the context for gateway instance. For example,
instance.
•
An HTML directory for object class templates and other files containing gateway
directives used to communicate with Directory Server.
•
A configuration directory for directory search, directory authentication, language files,
and gateway scripts.
file, stored in the
.conf
serverRoot/clients/dsgw/context
dsgw.conf
Chapter 1
Introduction
directory, defining
defines the dsgw gateway
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