Chapter 2 Core Server Configuration Reference; Server Configuration - Overview - Netscape DIRECTORY SERVER 6.02 Configuration Manual

Core Server Configuration Reference
The configuration information for Netscape Directory Server (Directory Server) 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 thus avoid the need to shut the server
down.
This chapter gives details on how the configuration is organized and how to alter
it. The chapter also provides an alphabetical reference for all attributes. The chapter
is divided into the following sections:
• Server Configuration - Overview (page 25)
• Accessing and Modifying Server Configuration (page 30)
• Core Server Configuration Attributes Reference (page 33)
• Configuration Quick Reference Tables (page 106)

Server Configuration - Overview

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