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Introduction to Directory Data
For example, an employee's preference settings for a software application may
not seem to be appropriate for the directory because only a single instance of
the application needs access to the information. However, if the application is
capable of reading preferences from the directory and users might want to
interact with the application according to their preferences from different sites,
then it is very useful to include the preference information in the directory.
What Your Directory Might Include
Examples of data you can put in your directory are:
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Contact information, such as telephone numbers, physical addresses, and
email addresses.
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Descriptive information, such as an employee number, job title, manager or
administrator identification, and job-related interests.
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Organization contact information, such as a telephone number, physical
address, administrator identification, and business description.
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Device information, such as a printer's physical location, type of printer, and
the number of pages per minute that the printer can produce.
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Contact and billing information for your corporation's trading partners,
clients, and customers.
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Contract information, such as the customer's name, due dates, job description,
and pricing information.
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Individual software preferences or software configuration information.
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Resource sites, such as pointers to web servers or the file system of a certain file
or application.
If you are going to use Directory Server for more than just server administration,
then you have to decide what other types of information you want to store in your
directory. For example, you might include some of the following types of
information:
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Contract or client account details
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Payroll data
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Physical device information
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Home contact information
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Office contact information for the various sites within your enterprise
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