Netscape ENTREPRISE SERVER 6.1 - 04-2002 ADMINISTRATOR Administrator's Manual page 375

server daemon A process that, once running, listens for and accepts requests
from clients.
Server Plug-in API An extension that allows you to extend and/or customize the
core functionality of Netscape servers and provide a scalable, efficient mechanism
for building interfaces between the HTTP server and back-end applications. Also
known as NSAPI.
server root A directory on the server machine dedicated to holding the server
program, configuration, maintenance, and information files.
simple index The opposite of fancy indexing—this type of directory listing
displays only the names of the files without any graphical elements.
SNMP Simple Network Management Protocol.
SOCKS Firewall software that establishes a connection from inside a firewall to
the outside when direct connection would otherwise be prevented by the firewall
software or hardware (for example, the router configuration).
soft restart A way to restart the server that causes the server to internally restart,
that is, reread its configuration files. A soft restart sends the process the HUP signal
(signal number one). The process itself does not die, as it does in a hard restart.
SSL Secure Sockets Layer. A software library establishing a secure connection
between two parties (client and server) used to implement HTTPS, the secure
version of HTTP.
SSL authentication Confirms users' identities with security certificates by using
the information in the client certificate as proof of identity, or verifying a client
certificate published in an LDAP directory.
stop word A word identified to the search function as a word not to search on.
This typically includes such words as the, a, an, and. Also referred to as drop words.
strftime A function that converts a date and a time to a string. It's used by the
server when appending trailers. strftime has a special format language for the
date and time that the server can use in a trailer to illustrate a file's last-modified
date.
superuser (UNIX) The most privileged user available on UNIX machines (also
called root). The superuser has complete access privileges to all files on the
machine.
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