Contents

About This Guide

Purpose of This Guide
What's in This Guide
Prerequisite Reading
Typographical Conventions
Default Paths and Filenames
Downloading Directory Server Tools
Suggested Reading

Chapter 1 Documentation Overview

Directory Server 5.2 Documentation Set
Documentation Content

Sun ONE Directory Server Getting Started Guide
Sun ONE Directory Server Deployment Guide
Sun ONE Directory Server Installation and Tuning Guide (multi-platform edition only)
Sun ONE Directory Server Administration Guide
Sun ONE Directory Server Reference Manual
Sun ONE Directory Server 5.2 Plug-In API Programming Guide
Sun ONE Directory Server Plug-In API Reference
Sun ONE Directory Server Resource Kit Tools Reference
Sun ONE Server Console Server Management Guide

Chapter 2 Introduction to Sun ONE Directory Server

What is a Directory Service?

About Global Directory Services
About LDAP
About DSML
Directory Services and Databases

What is Sun ONE Directory Server?

Overview of Sun ONE Directory Server Architecture
Directory Server Data Storage
Managing Data in Directory Server
Directory Server Schema
Groups, Roles and Classes of Service
Security in Directory Server
Replication in Directory Server

What's New in Sun ONE Directory Server 5.2

Chapter 3 A Quick Look at Directory Server Console

Installing and Configuring Directory Server

Before You Start

Using Directory Server Console

Starting Directory Server Console

Managing Entries

Adding an Entry
Finding Entries

Understanding the Schema

Looking at the Schema in the Console

Working with Groups and Roles

Adding a Member to a Static Group
Creating a Managed Role
Checking Role Membership

Working With Class of Service (CoS)

Creating a CoS Template Entry
Creating a CoS Definition Entry

Working With ACIs

Creating a New ACI

Setting Up Replication

Creating a New Server Instance
Creating a New Suffix
Creating the Data Object
Enabling Replication
Setting up the Replication Agreement
Initializing the Consumer
Testing the Replication

Chapter 4 A Quick Look at Directory Server Command-Line Utilities

Examining the Configuration
Examining the Data

LDIF File Format
Creating a New Suffix
Populating a New Database Using ldif2db

Searching the Directory

Searching the Directory With ldapsearch
ldapsearch Examples
LDAP Search Filters
Search Filter Examples

Adding, Changing and Deleting Entries

Adding and Changing Entries Using ldapmodify
Deleting Entries Using ldapdelete

Working With the Schema

Looking at the Schema Entry
Schema Violation

Working With Groups and Roles

Adding a Static Group
Adding a Dynamic Group
Adding a Managed Role Definition
Searching for Role Definitions

Working With Class of Service (CoS)

Adding a Pointer CoS Entry

Working With ACIs

Looking at Access Restrictions
Adding an ACI at the Command-Line

Examining the Log Information

Looking at the Access Log
Enhancing the Error Log Information

Searching an Internationalized Directory

Matching Rule Filter Syntax
Supported Search Types
International Search Examples

Appendix A Accessibility Features

Console Accessibility Features
Documentation Accessibility Features

Glossary

Index