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Chapter 1. Introduction
Directory Server is based on an open-systems server protocol called the Lightweight Directory Access Protocol (LDAP). The Directory Server is a robust, scalable server designed to manage large scale directories to support an enterprise-wide directory of users and resources, extranets, and e-commerce applications over the Internet. The Directory Server runs as the
ns-slapd process or service on the machine. The server manages the directory databases and responds to client requests.
Most Directory Server administrative tasks can be performed through the Directory Server Console, the graphical user interface provided with the Directory Server. For information on the general use of the Directory Server Console, see Using Red Hat Console, and, for details on how to use the Console to manage the Directory Server in particular, see the Red Hat Directory Server Administrator's Guide.
This reference deals with the other methods of managing the Directory Server by altering the server configuration attributes using the command line and using command-line utilities and scripts.
1.1. Directory Server Configuration
The format and method for storing configuration information for Directory Server and a listing for all server attributes are found in two chapters, Chapter 3, Core Server Configuration Reference and Chapter 4, Plug-in Implemented Server Functionality Reference.
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