Novell OPEN ENTERPRISE SERVER 2.0 SP2 - DOMAIN SERVICE FOR WINDOWS Manual page 237

Group Policy
An infrastructure that allows you to implement specific configurations for users and
computers. Group Policy settings reside in the Group Policy objects (GPOs). GPOs are
linked to directory service containers, such as sites, domains, or organizational units
(OUs). These settings are then evaluated by the impacted targets, using the hierarchical
nature of the directory. A Group Policy allows you to manage user and computer objects.
Mapped Tree/Setup
An eDirectory tree where one or more eDirectory partitions are configured as DSfW
domains and are mapped as a partition root object to a domain root. The fully qualified
domain name of the DSfW forest root domain might be different from the X500 DN of the
root of the DSfW forest.
Non-Mapped Setup
Creates a new eDirectory tree with the DNS naming format instead of the traditional X.500
naming format. The DSfW domain partitions in the tree are created at the time of
provisioning.
Microsoft Management Console (MMC)
A component of modern Microsoft Windows operating systems.
It provides system administrators and advanced users with a flexible interface through
which they can configure and monitor the system.
NetBIOS
Network Basic Input/Output System.
A network operating protocol that the NetBIOS API use to allow applications on different
computers to communicate over a local area network. In modern networks, it normally runs
over TCP/IP (NBT), giving each computer in the network both a NetBIOS name and an IP
address corresponding to a (possibly different) hostname. Older operating systems ran
NetBIOS over IPX/SPX or IEEE 802.2 (NBF). NetBIOS provides services related to the
session layer of the OSI model.
Object-Sid
A single-valued identifier that specifies the security identifier (SID) of the user. The SID is a
unique value used to identify the user as a security principal. User objects, group objects
and computer objects, among others, are security principals. A SID is a binary value set by
the system when the user is created.
Partition
1. A logical division of a computer hard disk created in order to have different operating
systems on the same hard disk or to create the appearance of having separate hard disks
for such activities as file management.
2. A logical group of objects in an eDirectory tree, used to provide better management of
the tree.
3. Partition acts as a security boundary of a domain. Domain rules are valid till it encounters
another partition boundary.
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