NetWare Directory Services

Glossary
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Directory tree name A name of 1 to 32
characters assigned during installation to
each Directory tree. It can contain upper-
and lowercase letters, numbers, hyphens,
and underscores, but no spaces or
trailing underscores.
Distinguished Name The complete
name, or path, from an object to the
[Root] of the Directory tree.
See also “Relative Distinguished Name
(RDN)”.
distributed database Databases that
provide services to all network
applications and users across disparate
platforms including hosts,
minicomputers, and network systems.
dsadmin A utility that enables you to
set dynamic, configurable NDS
variables.
dsrepair A utility that corrects
problems in the NetWare Directory
Services database.
effective rights The rights that an
object can actually exercise to see or
modify a particular directory, file, or
object. An object’s effective rights to a
directory, file, or object are calculated by
NetWare each time that object attempts
an action.
fault tolerance A means of protecting
data by providing safeguards against
hazardous events such as power outages
or hard disk crashes.
global login Allows users to log in to
the network rather than to individual
servers, and to gain access to all network
resources.
graphical utilities Allow network
supervisors to manage the network
through MS Windows 3.x Presentation
Manager*.
Group object A leaf object listing
several User objects, used to allow
collective (rather than individual)
network administration.
inheritance The rights granted to a
trustee by a trustee assignment. These
rights apply to everything below the
point where the trustee assignment is
made, unless another explicit trustee
assignment is made or the rights are
blocked by an Inherited Rights Filter.
Inherited Rights Filter (IRF) A filter
that is part of every directory, file, and
object, controlling which rights a trustee
can inherit from parent directories and
container objects.
internationalization Allows adaptation
of a network for use with multiple
languages.
IRF See “Inherited Rights Filter (IRF).”
LAN See Local Area Network (LAN).
LAN driver An NLM program that
understands and controls the network
board. A LAN driver serves as a link
between a station’s operating system and
the physical network infrastructure.