Directory Tree - Red Hat DIRECTORY SERVER 7.1 Installation Manual

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CoS template entry
Contains a list of the shared attribute values. Also template entry.
D
daemon
A background process on a UNIX machine that is responsible for a particular system task. Dae-
mon processes do not need human intervention to continue functioning.
DAP
Directory Access Protocol. The ISO X.500 standard protocol that provides client access to the
directory.
data master
The server that is the master source of a particular piece of data.
database link
An implementation of chaining. The database link behaves like a database but has no persistent
storage. Instead, it points to data stored remotely.
default index
One of a set of default indexes created per database instance. Default indexes can be modified,
although care should be taken before removing them, as certain plug-ins may depend on them.
definition entry
See CoS definition entry.
Directory Access Protocol
See DAP.

directory tree

The logical representation of the information stored in the directory. It mirrors the tree model
used by most filesystems, with the tree's root point appearing at the top of the hierarchy. Also
known as DIT.
Glossary