HP-UX Directory Server Administrator Guide HP-UX Directory Server Version 8.1 (5900-3098, May 2013)

D
daemon A background process on a UNIX machine that is responsible for a particular system task. Daemon
processes do not need human intervention to continue functioning.
DAP Directory Access Protocol. The ISO X.500 standard protocol that provides client access to the
directory.
data master The server that is the master source of a particular piece of data.
database link An implementation of chaining. The database link behaves like a database but has no persistent
storage. Instead, it points to data stored remotely.
default index One of a set of default indexes created per database instance. Default indexes can be modified,
although care should be taken before removing them, as certain plug-ins may depend on them.
definition entry See CoS definition entry.
Directory Access
Protocol
See DAP.
Directory Manager The privileged database administrator, comparable to the root user in UNIX. Access control does
not apply to the Directory Manager.
directory service A database application designed to manage descriptive, attribute-based information about people
and resources within an organization.
directory tree The logical representation of the information stored in the directory. It mirrors the tree model used
by most file systems, with the tree's root point appearing at the top of the hierarchy. Also known
as DIT.
distinguished
name
String representation of an entry's name and location in an LDAP directory.
DIT See directory tree.
DM See Directory Manager.
DN See distinguished name.
DNS Domain Name System. The system used by machines on a network to associate standard IP
addresses (such as 198.93.93.10) with host names (such as www.example.com). Machines
normally get the IP address for a host name from a DNS server, or they look it up in tables
maintained on their systems.
DNS alias A DNS alias is a host name that the DNS server knows points to a different host, specifically a
DNS CNAME record. Machines always have one real name, but they can have one or more
aliases. For example, an alias such as www.yourdomain.domain might point to a real machine
called realthing.yourdomain.domain where the server currently exists.
E
entry A group of lines in the LDIF file that contains information about an object.
entry distribution Method of distributing directory entries across more than one server in order to scale to support
large numbers of entries.
entry ID list Each index that the directory uses is composed of a table of index keys and matching entry ID
lists. The entry ID list is used by the directory to build a list of candidate entries that may match
the client application's search request.
equality index Allows you to search efficiently for entries containing a specific attribute value.
F
file extension The section of a file name after the period or dot (.) that typically defines the type of file (for
example, .GIF and .HTML). In the file name index.html the file extension is html.
file type The format of a given file. For example, graphics files are often saved in GIF format, while a text
file is usually saved as ASCII text format. File types are usually identified by the file extension (for
example, .GIF or .HTML).
filter A constraint applied to a directory query that restricts the information returned.
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