Red Hat DIRECTORY SERVER 8.0 Command Reference Manual page 255

DNS alias
E
entry
entry distribution
entry ID list
equality index
F
file extension
file type
filter
filtered role
G
general access
GSS-API
IP address for a hostname from a DNS server, or they look it up in
tables maintained on their systems.
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.
A group of lines in the LDIF file that contains information about an
object.
Method of distributing directory entries across more than one server
in order to scale to support large numbers of entries.
Each index that the directory uses is composed of a table of index
keys and matching entry ID lists. The entry ID list is used by the
directory to build a list of candidate entries that may match the client
application's search request.
Allows you to search efficiently for entries containing a specific
attribute value.
The section of a filename after the period or dot (.) that typically
defines the type of file (for example, .GIF and .HTML). In the filename
index.html the file extension is html.
The format of a given file. For example, graphics files are often
saved in GIF format, while a text file is usually saved as ASCII text
format. File types are usually identified by the file extension (for
example, .GIF or .HTML).
A constraint applied to a directory query that restricts the information
returned.
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.
When granted, indicates that all authenticated users can access
directory information.
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.
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