Directory Manager - Red Hat DIRECTORY SERVER 7.1 Installation Manual

Glossary

Directory Manager

The privileged database administrator, comparable to the root user in UNIX. Access control does
not apply to the Directory Manager.
Directory Server Gateway
Also DSGW. A collection of CGI forms that allows a browser to perform LDAP client functions,
such as querying and accessing a Directory Server, from a web browser.
directory service
A database application designed to manage descriptive, attribute-based information about people
and resources within an organization.
distinguished name
String representation of an entry's name and location in an LDAP directory.
DIT
See directory tree.
DN
See distinguished name.
DM
See Directory Manager.
DNS
Domain Name System. The system used by machines on a network to associate standard IP ad-
dresses (such as 198.93.93.10) with hostnames (such as www.example.com). Machines normally
get the IP address for a hostname from a DNS server, or they look it up in tables maintained on
their systems.
DNS alias
A DNS alias is a hostname that the DNS server knows points to a different host-specifically
a DNS CNAME record. Machines always have one real name, but they can have one or more
aliases. For example, an alias such as www. yourdomain.domain might point to a real machine
called realthing. yourdomain.domain where the server currently exists.
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