Installation guide

1.16. Enhanced Start Scripts for the Directory Server, Admin Server, and SNMP
Service
New start scripts have been added for the Directory Server, Admin Server, and SNMP services.
Additionally, a new configuration file template has been added for the SNMP service.
1.17. Support for Salted MD5 Password Hash
Passwords can now be stored with the salted MD5 password hash. T his provides more compatibility
with users that are migrated from other directory services.
1.18. Expanded Documentation
Several enhancements have been made to the Red Hat Directory Server manuals:
The documentation set has been expanded to include a new Performance Tuning Guide. T his guide
builds on the performance tuning chapter in the Administrator's Guide.
A new chapter has been added to the Administrator's Guide to cover disaster recovery procedures.
A new section describing how to use PAM pass-through authentication has been added to the
Administrator's Guide.
2. Structural Changes in Red Hat Directory Server 8.2
There have been some changes in Red Hat Directory Server 8.2 in how the server handles DN formats.
2.1. Enforced DN Compliance with RFC 4514
Previous versions of Directory Server used older RFCs for DN formats and compliance. Red Hat
Directory Server 8.2 enforces the stricter RFC 4514 for DN formats. As part of the upgrade script,
existing DNs are reformatted to be properly encoded in line with RFC 4514.
For example, quotation marks in DNs must be properly escaped. For a DN which was previously
cn="a=abc,x=xyz", the updated format escapes the quotation marks as follows:
cn=a\3Dabc\2Cx\3Dxyz,dc=example,dc=com
2.2. No Longer Allowing Duplicate DNs
Directory Server 8.1 allowed entries with identical DNs, but slightly different DN formats, to be added to
the directory. For example:
Red Hat Directory Server 8.2 Red Hat Directory Server 8.2 Release Notes
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