HP-UX Directory Server 8.1 console guide

changing a port number. When a request is sent to the Directory Console to add or edit user
entries, the Console sends a Lightweight Directory Access Protocol (LDAP) message directly to
Directory Server to update the user directory.
Figure 1-2 Simple system using the Console
HP-UX Directory Server stores server and application configuration settings as well as user
information. Typically, application and server configuration information is stored in one subtree
of Directory Server while user and group entries are stored in another subtree. With a large
enterprise, however, configuration and user information can be stored in separate instances of
Directory Server (which can be on the same host machine or on two different host machines).
Figure 1-2 “Simple system using the Console” illustrates a relatively simple HP-UX Directory
Server system. As an enterprise grows and needs change, additional hosts and Directory and
Administration Servers can be added to the administration domain in the Console, so that a
single Console can manage multiple Directory and Admin Servers.
6 Overview of the console