Installation guide

Conventions Used In This Guide
8 Netscape Directory Server Installation Guide • May 2002
• Directory Server Console—An improved management console that
dramatically reduces the effort of setting up and maintaining your directory
service. The directory console is part of Netscape Console, the common
management framework for Netscape servers.
• SNMP Agen t—Permits you to monitor your directory serverin realtime using
the Simple Network Management Protocol (SNMP).
• Online backup and r estore—Allows you to create backu ps and restore from
backups w hile the server i s running.
Conventions Used In This Guide
This section explains the conventions used in this book.
Monospaced font—Thistypefaceisusedforanytextthatappearsonthecomputer
screen or text that you should type. It is also used for filenames, functions, and
examples.
The greater than symbol (>) is used as a separator for successive menu selections.
For example, Object > New > User means that you should pull down the Object
menu, drag the mouse down to highlight New, and drag the mouse across to the
New submenu in which you must select User.
Throughout this book you will see path references of the form:
/usr/netscape/servers/slapd-serverID/...
The /usr/netscape/servers directory is the default installation directory. If you
have ins talled Directory Server in a different location, you should a dap t the path
accordingly. serverID represents the server identifier you g ave the server when you
installed it. For example, if you gave the server an identifier of
phonebook,thenthe
actual path would be:
/usr/netscape/servers/slapd-phonebook/. . .
AllpathsspecifiedinthismanualareintheUNIXformat.
NOTE Notes and Cautions mark important information. Make sure you
read the information before continuing with a task.