Glossary

 

to a different host#specifically a DNS CNAME record.

 

Machines always have one real name, but they can have one

 

or more aliases. For example, an alias such as

 

www.yourdomain.domain might point to a real machine called

 

realthing.yourdomain.domain where the server currently

 

exists.

DSGW

See Directory Server Gateway.

E

entry

A group of lines in the LDIF file that contains information about

 

an object.

entry distribution

Method of distributing directory entries across more than one

 

server in order to scale to support large numbers of entries.

entry ID list

Each index that the directory uses is composed of a table of

 

index keys and matching entry ID lists. The entry ID list is used

 

by the directory to build a list of candidate entries that may

 

match the client application's search request.

equality index

Allows you to search efficiently for entries containing a specific

 

attribute value.

F

file extension

The section of a filename after the period or dot (.) that typically

 

defines the type of file (for example, .GIF and .HTML). In the

 

filename index.html the file extension is html.

file type

The format of a given file. For example, graphics files are often

 

saved in GIF format, while a text file is usually saved as ASCII

 

text format. File types are usually identified by the file extension

 

(for example, .GIF or .HTML).

filter

A constraint applied to a directory query that restricts the

 

information returned.

filtered role

Allows you to assign entries to the role depending upon the

 

attribute contained by each entry. You do this by specifying an

 

LDAP filter. Entries that match the filter are said to possess the

 

role.

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