Directory Server Overview; Contents Of This Guide; Prerequisite Reading - Netscape DIRECTORY SERVER 6.0 - SCHEMA Reference

Directory Server Overview

Directory Server Overview
The major components of Directory Server include:
• An LDAP server—The core of the directory service, provided by the
daemon, and compliant with the LDAP v3 Internet standards.
• Directory Server Console—An improved management console that
dramatically reduces the effort of setting up and maintaining your directory
service. The Directory Server Console is part of Netscape Console, the common
management framework for Netscape servers.
• SNMP Agent—Permits you to monitor your directory server in real time using
the Simple Network Management Protocol (SNMP).
• Online backup and restore—Allows you to create backups and restore from
backups while the server is running.

Contents of This Guide

Chapter 1, "About Schema" provides an overview of some of the basic concepts of
the directory schema, and lists the files in which the schema is described. It
describes object classes, attributes and Object Identifiers (OIDs), and briefly
discusses schema checking and extending server schema.
Chapter 2, "Object Class Reference" contains an alphabetical list of the object
classes accepted by the default schema. It gives a definition of each object class, and
gives the list of required and allowed attributes specific to the particular object
class. However, any mandatory and optional attributes inherited from superior
object classes are not listed.
Chapter 3, "Attribute Reference" contains an alphabetic list of the standard
attributes. It gives a definition of each attribute, and gives the attribute syntax.

Prerequisite Reading

This guide describes the standard schema and the standard object classes and
attributes. However, this guide does not describe how to design, customize or
maintain your schema, nor does it give any information on replication. Those
concepts are described in the Netscape Directory Server Deployment Guide. You
should read that book before continuing with this manual.
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