Red Hat DIRECTORY SERVER 8.0 Command Reference Manual page 260

Glossary
PDU
pointer CoS
presence index
protocol
protocol data unit
proxy authentication
proxy DN
PTA
PTA directory server
PTA LDAP URL
R
RAM
rc.local
RDN
referential integrity
referral
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access rights.
See Also
Encoded messages which form the basis of data exchanges between
protocol data
SNMP devices. Also
A pointer CoS identifies the template entry using the template DN
only.
Allows searches for entries that contain a specific indexed attribute.
A set of rules that describes how devices on a network exchange
information.
See PDU.
A special form of authentication where the user requesting access to
the directory does not bind with its own DN but with a proxy DN.
Used with proxied authorization. The proxy DN is the DN of an
entry that has access permissions to the target on which the client-
application is attempting to perform an operation.
Mechanism by which one Directory Server consults another to check
pass-through
bind credentials. Also
In pass-through authentication (PTA), the PTA Directory Server is the
server that sends (passes through) bind requests it receives to the
authenticating directory
In pass-through authentication, the URL that defines the
authenticating directory
parameters.
Random access memory. The physical semiconductor-based memory
in a computer. Information stored in RAM is lost when the computer is
shut down.
A file on Unix machines that describes programs that are run when
the machine starts. It is also called /etc/rc.local because of its
location.
The name of the actual entry itself, before the entry's ancestors have
been appended to the string to form the full distinguished name. Also
relative distinguished name.
Mechanism that ensures that relationships between related entries
are maintained within the directory.
(1) When a server receives a search or update request from an LDAP
client that it cannot process, it usually sends back to the client a
pointer to the LDAP sever that can process the request.
unit.
authentication.
server.
server, pass-through subtree(s), and optional