NetWare Directory Services

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Understanding NetWare Directory Services
The Hierarchical Directory Tree
• Inheritance. Determines which objects inherit the properties and rights of other
objects.
• Naming. Determines the structure of the Directory tree, thus identifying and
showing an object’s reference name in the Directory tree.
• Subordination. Determines the location of objects in the Directory tree.
For a complete list of the base object classes, as well as other Directory
information, Appendix B for more information.
Directory Objects
Directory objects consist of categories of information, known as properties,
and the data included in those properties. This information is stored in the
Directory database.
The Directory database contains three general types of objects.
• [Root] object (Directory tree name)
• Container objects
• Leaf objects
The following figure illustrates the hierarchy of Directory objects in
NetWare Directory Services. (The icons represent the objects as they appear
in the NetWare Administrator graphical utility.) Please note that the AFP
Server is not supported in NetWare Services.