Red Hat DIRECTORY SERVER 8.0 Installation Manual page 114

Glossary
CoS
CoS definition entry
CoS template entry
D
daemon
DAP
data master
database link
default index
definition entry
Directory Access Protocol
directory tree
Directory Manager
directory service
distinguished name
DIT
DN
DM
DNS
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A method for sharing attributes between entries in a way that is
invisible to applications.
Identifies the type of CoS you are using. It is stored as an LDAP
subentry below the branch it affects.
Contains a list of the shared attribute values.
template entry.
See Also
A background process on a Unix machine that is responsible for
a particular system task. Daemon processes do not need human
intervention to continue functioning.
Directory Access Protocol. The ISO X.500 standard protocol that
provides client access to the directory.
The server that is the master source of a particular piece of data.
An implementation of chaining. The database link behaves like a
database but has no persistent storage. Instead, it points to data
stored remotely.
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.
CoS definition entry.
See
See DAP.
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.
The privileged database administrator, comparable to the root user in
UNIX. Access control does not apply to the Directory Manager.
A database application designed to manage descriptive, attribute-
based information about people and resources within an organization.
String representation of an entry's name and location in an LDAP
directory.
directory tree.
See
distinguished name.
See
Directory Manager.
See
Domain Name System. The system used by machines on a network
to associate standard IP addresses (such as 198.93.93.10) with
hostnames (such as www.example.com). Machines normally get the