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. |
Replication configuration where supplier servers replicate directory data to any replica servers. | |
replication |
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symmetric | Encryption that uses the same key for both encrypting and decrypting. DES is an example of |
encryption | a symmetric encryption algorithm. |
system index | Cannot be deleted or modified as it is essential to Directory Server operations. |
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target | In the context of access control, the target identifies the directory information to which a |
| particular ACI applies. |
target entry | The entries within the scope of a CoS. |
TCP/IP | Transmission Control Protocol/Internet Protocol. The main network protocol for the Internet |
| and for enterprise (company) networks. |
template entry | See CoS template entry. |
time/date format | Indicates the customary formatting for times and dates in a specific region. |
TLS | The new standard for secure socket layers; a public key based protocol. Also Transport Layer |
| Security. |
topology | The way a directory tree is divided among physical servers and how these servers link with |
| one another. |
Transport Layer | See TLS. |
Security |
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uid | A unique number associated with each user on a Unix system. |
URL | Uniform Resource Locater. The addressing system used by the server and the client to request |
| documents. It is often called a location. The format of a URL is |
| protocol://machine:port/document. The port number is necessary only on selected |
| servers, and it is often assigned by the server, freeing the user of having to place it in the URL. |
V |
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virtual list view | Speeds up the display of entries in the Directory Server Console. Virtual list view indexes can |
index | be created on any branch point in the directory tree to improve display performance. |
| See also browsing index. |
X |
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X.500 standard | The set of |
| and attributes used by directory server implementation. |
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