See Also ns-slapd.

SNMP

Used to monitor and manage application processes running on

 

the servers by exchanging data about network activity. Also

 

Simple Network Management Protocol.

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. Also called a

 

subagent.

SSL

A software library establishing a secure connection between

 

two parties (client and server) used to implement HTTPS, the

 

secure version of HTTP. Also called Secure Sockets Layer.

standard index

index 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 two 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 possible within the

 

same directory. Each database only has one suffix.

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.

supplier-initiated replication

Replication configuration where supplier servers replicate

 

directory data to any replica servers.

symmetric encryption

Encryption that uses the same key for both encrypting and

 

decrypting. DES is an example of a symmetric encryption

 

algorithm.

system index

Cannot be deleted or modified as it is essential to Directory

 

Server operations.

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