Chapter 2 Core Server Configuration Reference; Server Configuration - Overview - Netscape DIRECTORY SERVER 6.0 Configuration Manual

Core Server Configuration Reference
The configuration information for Netscape Directory Server (Directory Server) 6.0
is stored as LDAP entries within the directory itself. Therefore, changes to the
server configuration must be implemented through the use of the server itself
rather than by simply editing configuration files. The principal advantage of this
method of configuration storage is that it allows a directory administrator to
reconfigure the server via LDAP while it is still running, and avoids having to shut
it down.
This chapter gives details of how the configuration is organized, how to alter it,
and provides an alphabetical reference for all attributes. The material is divided
into the following sections:
• Server Configuration - Overview (page 23)
• Accessing and Modifying Server Configuration (page 28)
• Core Server Configuration Attributes Reference (page 32)
• Configuration Quick Reference Tables (page 104)

Server Configuration - Overview

When you install the Directory Server 6.0, its default configuration is stored as a
series of LDAP entries within the directory, under the subtree
the server is started, the contents of the
LDIF format:
information. It is worth noting that the latest version of this file is called
the version prior to the last modification is called
with which the server successfully started is called
This
dse.ldif. dse.ldif
subtree are read from a file in
cn=config
file contains all of the server configuration
dse.ldif.bak,
dse.ldif.startOK
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. When
cn=config
,
dse.ldif
and the latest file
. Many of
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