HP UX Direry Server Table of Contents, 1 Introduction to directory services, 2 Planning the directory data, 3 Designing the directory schema

Table of Contents
1 Introduction to directory services..................................................................................	9
1.1 About directory services...................................................................................................................	9
1.1.1 About global directory services................................................................................................	9
1.1.2 About LDAP............................................................................................................................	10
1.2 Introduction to Directory Server.....................................................................................................	10
1.2.1 Overview of the server frontend.............................................................................................	10
1.2.2 Server plug-ins overview........................................................................................................	11
1.2.3 Overview of the basic directory tree.......................................................................................	11
1.3 Directory Server data storage..........................................................................................................	12
1.3.1 About directory entries...........................................................................................................	13
1.3.1.1 Performing queries on directory entries.........................................................................	13
1.3.2 Distributing directory data......................................................................................................	13
1.4 Directory design overview..............................................................................................................	13
1.4.1 Design process outline............................................................................................................	14
1.4.2 Deploying the directory..........................................................................................................	14
1.5 Other general directory resources...................................................................................................	15
2 Planning the directory data.........................................................................................	17
2.1 Introduction to directory data.........................................................................................................	17
2.1.1 Information to include in the directory...................................................................................	17
2.1.2 Information to exclude from the directory..............................................................................	17
2.2 Defining directory needs.................................................................................................................	18
2.3 Performing a site survey..................................................................................................................	18
2.3.1 Identifying the applications that use the directory.................................................................	19
2.3.2 Identifying data sources..........................................................................................................	20
2.3.3 Characterizing the directory data...........................................................................................	20
2.3.4 Determining level of service....................................................................................................	21
2.3.5 Considering a data master......................................................................................................	21
2.3.6 Determining data ownership..................................................................................................	22
2.3.7 Determining data access..........................................................................................................	23
2.4 Documenting the site survey...........................................................................................................	24
2.5 Repeating the site survey................................................................................................................	25
3 Designing the directory schema.................................................................................	27
3.1 Schema design process overview....................................................................................................	27
3.2 Standard schema.............................................................................................................................	27
3.2.1 Schema format.........................................................................................................................	27
3.2.2 Standard attributes..................................................................................................................	28
3.2.3 Standard object classes............................................................................................................	29
3.3 Mapping the data to the default schema.........................................................................................	30
3.3.1 Viewing the default directory schema....................................................................................	30
3.3.2 Matching data to schema elements.........................................................................................	30
3.4 Customizing the schema.................................................................................................................	31
3.4.1 When to extend the schema....................................................................................................	32
3.4.2 Getting and assigning object identifiers..................................................................................	32
3.4.3 Naming attributes and object classes......................................................................................	32
3.4.4 Strategies for defining new object classes...............................................................................	32
3.4.5 Strategies for defining new attributes.....................................................................................	34
3.4.6 Deleting schema elements.......................................................................................................	34

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