HP UX Red Hat Direry Server Software manual Creating and Maintaining Suffixes

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Chapter 3.

Configuring Directory Databases

The directory is made up of databases, and the directory tree is distributed across the databases. This chapter describes how to create suffixes, the branch points for the directory tree, and how to create the databases associated with each suffix. This chapter also describes how to create database links to reference databases on remote servers and how to use referrals to point clients to external sources of directory data.

1. Creating and Maintaining Suffixes

Different pieces of the directory tree can be stored in different databases, and then these databases can be distributed across multiple servers. The directory tree contains branch points called nodes. These nodes may be associated with databases. A suffix is a node of the directory tree associated with a particular database. For example, a simple directory tree might appear as illustrated in Figure 3.1, “A Sample Directory Tree with One Root Suffix”.

Figure 3.1. A Sample Directory Tree with One Root Suffix

The ou=people suffix and all the entries and nodes below it might be stored in one database, the ou=groups suffix on another database, and the ou=contractors suffix on yet another database.

This section describes creating suffixes on Directory Server and associating them with databases.

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HP UX Red Hat Direry Server Software manual Creating and Maintaining Suffixes, A Sample Directory Tree with One Root Suffix