Installation guide

to a different host#specifically a DNS CNAME record.

Machines always have one real name, but they can have one

or more aliases. For example, an alias such as

www.yourdomain.domain might point to a real machine called

realthing.yourdomain.domain where the server currently

exists.

DSGW See Directory Server Gateway.

entry A group of lines in the LDIF file that contains information about

an object.

entry distribution Method of distributing directory entries across more than one

server in order to scale to support large numbers of entries.

entry ID list Each index that the directory uses is composed of a table of

index keys and matching entry ID lists. The entry ID list is used

by the directory to build a list of candidate entries that may

match the client application's search request.

equality index Allows you to search efficiently for entries containing a specific

attribute value.

file extension The section of a filename after the period or dot (.) that typically

defines the type of file (for example, .GIF and .HTML). In the

filename index.html the file extension is html.

file type The format of a given file. For example, graphics files are often

saved in GIF format, while a text file is usually saved as ASCII

text format. File types are usually identified by the file extension

(for example, .GIF or .HTML).

filter A constraint applied to a directory query that restricts the

information returned.

filtered role Allows you to assign entries to the role depending upon the

attribute contained by each entry. You do this by specifying an

LDAP filter. Entries that match the filter are said to possess the

role.

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