Chapter 1 Introduction; Overview Of Directory Server Management - Netscape DIRECTORY SERVER 6.0 Configuration Manual

This chapter provides a brief overview of the configuration and administration
utilities provided to manage the Netscape Directory Server (Directory Server).
This chapter is divided into the following sections:
• Overview of Directory Server Management (page 19)
• Directory Server Configuration (page 20)
• Directory Server Instance File Reference (page 20)
• Migrating Directory Server (page 20)
• Using Directory Server Command-Line Utilities (page 20)
• Using Directory Server Command-Line Scripts (page 21)

Overview of Directory Server Management

Directory Server is based on an open-systems server protocol called the
Lightweight Directory Access Protocol (LDAP). The Directory Server is a robust,
scalable server designed to manage large scale directories to support
enterprise-wide directory of users and resources, extranets and e-commerce
applications over the Internet. The Directory Server runs as the
or service (
directory databases and responds to client requests.
You can perform most Directory Server administrative tasks through Netscape
Console, the graphical user interface provided with the Directory Server. For
information on the general use of the Netscape Console see Managing Servers with
Netscape Console, and for details of how to use the console to manage the Directory
Server in particular, see Netscape Directory Server Administrator's Guide.
on Windows NT) on your machine. The server manages the
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ns-slapd
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