Installation guide

process is called a referral.
read-only replica A replica that refers all update operations to read-write replicas.
A server can hold any number of read-only replicas.
read-write replica A replica that contains a master copy of directory information
and can be updated. A server can hold any number of
read-write replicas.
relative distinguished name See RDN.
replica A database that participates in replication.
replica-initiated replication Replication configuration where replica servers, either hub or
consumer servers, pull directory data from supplier servers.
This method is available only for legacy replication.
replication Act of copying directory trees or subtrees from supplier servers
to replica servers.
replication agreement Set of configuration parameters that are stored on the supplier
server and identify the databases to replicate, the replica
servers to which the data is pushed, the times during which
replication can occur, the DN and credentials used by the
supplier to bind to the consumer, and how the connection is
secured.
RFC Request for Comments. Procedures or standards documents
submitted to the Internet community. People can send
comments on the technologies before they become accepted
standards.
role An entry grouping mechanism. Each role has members, which
are the entries that possess the role.
role-based attributes Attributes that appear on an entry because it possesses a
particular role within an associated CoS template.
root The most privileged user available on Unix machines. The root
user has complete access privileges to all files on the machine.
root suffix The parent of one or more sub suffixes. A directory tree can
contain more than one root suffix.
S
SASL An authentication framework for clients as they attempt to bind
to a directory. Also Simple Authentication and Security Layer .
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