Installation guide

See Also ns-slapd.
SNMP Used to monitor and manage application processes running on
the servers by exchanging data about network activity. Also
Simple Network Management Protocol.
SNMP master agent Software that exchanges information between the various
subagents and the NMS.
SNMP subagent Software that gathers information about the managed device
and passes the information to the master agent. Also called a
subagent.
SSL A software library establishing a secure connection between
two parties (client and server) used to implement HTTPS, the
secure version of HTTP. Also called Secure Sockets Layer.
standard index index maintained by default.
sub suffix A branch underneath a root suffix.
subagent See SNMP subagent.
substring index Allows for efficient searching against substrings within entries.
Substring indexes are limited to a minimum of two characters
for each entry.
suffix The name of the entry at the top of the directory tree, below
which data is stored. Multiple suffixes are possible within the
same directory. Each database only has one suffix.
superuser The most privileged user available on Unix machines. The
superuser has complete access privileges to all files on the
machine. Also called root.
supplier Server containing the master copy of directory trees or
subtrees that are replicated to replica servers.
supplier server In the context of replication, a server that holds a replica that is
copied to a different server is called a supplier for that replica.
supplier-initiated replication Replication configuration where supplier servers replicate
directory data to any replica servers.
symmetric encryption Encryption that uses the same key for both encrypting and
decrypting. DES is an example of a symmetric encryption
algorithm.
system index Cannot be deleted or modified as it is essential to Directory
Server operations.
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