Prerequisite Reading; Conventions Used In This Book - Netscape DIRECTORY SERVER 6.01 - SCHEMA Reference

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.
When you are familiar with directory server schema concepts, and have done some
preliminary planning for your directory service, you can install the Directory
Server. The instructions for installing the various Directory Server components are
contained in the Netscape Directory Server Installation Guide.
Preliminary planning includes deciding how to represent the data you store. You
should chose predefined schema elements to meet as many of your needs as
possible. These predefined schema elements are listed in this guide.

Conventions Used in This Book

This section explains the conventions used in this book.
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screen or text that you should type. It is also used for filenames, functions, and
examples.
Throughout this book you will see path references of the form:
/usr/netscape/servers/slapd- serverID /...
The
/usr/netscape/servers
have installed the Directory Server in a different location, you should adapt the
path accordingly. serverID represents the server identifier you gave the server
when you installed it. For example, if you gave the server an identifier of
phonebook
/usr/netscape/servers/slapd-phonebook/. . .
Schema files are stored in the
directory.
All paths specified in this manual are in UNIX format. If you are using a Windows
NT-based directory server, use equivalent paths.
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directory is the default installation directory. If you
, then the actual path would be:
/usr/netscape/servers/slapd- serverID /config
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