Defining Authentication Entities - Netscape DIRECTORY SERVER 6.01 Installation Manual

Defining Authentication Entities

As you install Directory Server and Administration Server, you will be asked for
various user names, distinguished names (DN), and passwords. This list of login
and bind entities will differ depending on the type of installation that you are
performing:
• Directory Manager DN and password.
The Directory Manager DN is the special directory entry to which access
control does not apply. Think of the directory manager as your directory's
superuser. (In former releases of Directory Server, the Directory Manager DN
was known as the root DN).
The default Directory Manager DN is
Directory Manager DN is a special entry, the Directory Manager DN does not
have to conform to any suffix configured for your Directory Server. Therefore,
you must not manually create an actual Directory Server entry that has the
same DN as the directory manager DN.
The Directory Manager password must be at least 8 characters long, and is
limited to ASCII letters, digits, and symbols.
• Configuration Directory Administrator ID and password.
The configuration directory administrator is the person responsible for
managing all the Netscape servers accessible through Netscape Console. If you
log in with this user ID, then you can administer any Netscape server that you
can see in the server topology area of Netscape Console.
For security, the configuration directory administrator should not be the same
as the directory manager. The default configuration directory administrator ID
is .
admin
• Administration Server User and password.
You are prompted for this only during custom installations. The
Administration Server user is the special user that has all privileges for the
local Administration Server. Authentication as this person allows you to
administer all the Netscape servers stored in the local server root.
Administration Server user ID and password is used only when the Directory
Server is down and you are unable to log in as the configuration directory
administrator. The existence of this user ID means that you can access
Administration Server and perform disaster recovery activities such as starting
Directory Server, reading log files, and so forth.
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Chapter 1 Preparing for a Directory Server Installation
Configuration Decisions
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