HP UX Direry Server manual Table of Contents

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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