Installation guide

90 Netscape Directory Server Installation Guide • May 2002
slapd LDAP Directory Server daemon or service that is responsible for m ost
functions of a directory except replication. See alsons-slapd.
SNMP Simple Network Management Protocol. Used to monitor and manage
application processes running on the servers, by exchanging data about n etwork
activity.
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.
SSL Secure Sockets Layer. A software li brary establishing a secure connection
between two parties (client and server) used to implement HTTPS, the secure
version of HTTP.
standard index Indexes that are 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 t wo 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 possiblewithin thesamedirectory. Each database only
has one suffix.
superuser The most privileged user available on Unix machines (also called
root). The superuser has complete access privileges to all files on the machine.
supplier Server containing the master copy of directory trees or subtrees that are
replicated to consumer servers.
supplier server In the context of replication, a server that holds a replica that i s
copied to a different server is called a su pplier for that replica.
supplier-initiated replication Replication configuration where supplier servers
replicate directory data to consumer servers.