NetWare Directory Services

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Understanding NetWare Directory Services
What are Directory Services?
What are Directory Services?
Directory services are databases of information with powerful facilities for
storing, accessing, managing, and using diverse kinds of information about
users and resources in computing environments.
Standard Directory Services
Directories have traditionally been a component of the computing or
network infrastructure that provide services to applications, such as E-mail,
human resources, and network management applications. However, no
integrated network directory services has been available to applications and
users alike.
Users and organizations within computing environments are recognizing the
need for a common, distributed directory that provides services to all
network applications and users across disparate platforms including hosts,
minicomputers, and network systems.
This need is driven by an overall connectivity paradigm, the continuing
trend towards downsizing, and the need for directory integration and
centralized management.
The NetWare Directory Services technology provided by Novell maintains a
single, network-wide directory that is accessible from multiple points by
users and applications.
NetWare Directory Services
NetWare Directory Services (NDS) is an object-oriented implementation of
directory services that allows you to build sophisticated naming schemes
and databases across network-wide resources.
The NDS architecture provides global access to all network resources
regardless of where the resources are physically located—forming a single
information system.
The following table provides a brief discussion of the features and benefits
of NDS.