Red Hat DIRECTORY SERVER 7.1 Installation Manual page 79

Glossary
filtered role
Allows you to assign entries to the role depending upon the attribute contained by each entry.
You do this by specifying an LDAP filter. Entries that match the filter are said to possess the role.
G
gateway
See Directory Server Gateway.
general access
When granted, indicates that all authenticated users can access directory information.
GSS-API
Generic Security Services. The generic access protocol that is the native way for UNIX-based
systems to access and authenticate Kerberos services; also supports session encryption.
H
hostname
A name for a machine in the form machine.domain.dom, which is translated into an IP address.
For example, www.example.com is the machine www in the subdomain example and com do-
main.
HTML
Hypertext Markup Language. The formatting language used for documents on the World Wide
Web. HTML files are plain text files with formatting codes that tell browsers such as the Mozilla
Firefox how to display text, position graphics, and form items and to display links to other pages.
HTTP
Hypertext Transfer Protocol. The method for exchanging information between HTTP servers and
clients.
HTTPD
An abbreviation for the HTTP daemon or service, a program that serves information using the
HTTP protocol. The daemon or service is often called an httpd.
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