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this user administrative access.
There are important differences between the Directory Administrator and the Directory Manager:
• The administrator cannot create top level entries for a new suffix through an add operation.
either adding an entry in the Directory Server Console or using ldapadd, a tool provided with
OpenLDAP. Only the Directory Manager can add top-level entries by default. To allow other
users to add top-level entries, create entries with the appropriate access control statements in
an LDIF file, and perform an import or database initialization procedure using that LDIF file.
• Password policies do apply to the administrator, but you can set a user-specific password
policy for the administrator.
• Size, time, and lookthrough limits apply to the administrator, but you can set different
resource limits for this user.
The Directory Server setup process prompts for a username and a password for the Directory
Administrator. The default Directory Administrator username is admin. For security, the
Directory Administrator's password must not be the same as the Directory Manager's password.
2.5. Administration Server User
By default, the Administration Server runs as the same non-root user as the Directory Server.
Custom and silent setups provide the option to run the Administration Server as a different user
than the Directory Server.
The default Administration Server user is the same as the Directory Server user, which is
nobody. If the Administration Server is given a different UID, then that user must belong to the
group to which the Directory Server user is assigned.
2.6. Directory Suffix
The directory suffix is the first entry within the directory tree. At least one directory suffix must be
provided when the Directory Server is set up. The recommended directory suffix name matches
your organization's DNS domain name. For example, if the Directory Server hostname is
ldap.example.com, the directory suffix is dc=example,dc=com. The setup program constructs a
default suffix based on the DNS domain or from the fully-qualified host and domain name
provided during setup. This suffix naming convention is not required, but Red Hat strongly
recommends it.
2.7. Configuration Directory
The configuration directory is the main directory where configuration information — such as log
files, configuration files, and port numbers — is stored. These configuration data get stored in
the o=NetscapeRoot tree. A single Directory Server instance can be both the configuration
directory and the user directory.
If you install Directory Server for general directory services and there is more than one Directory
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