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Directory Administration Tools

This chapter introduces the various administration tools of Oracle Internet Directory. It discusses the online administration tool, called Oracle Directory Manager, and tells you how to launch it, navigate through it, and connect to directory servers with it. It also introduces the command-line tools for ldap, bulk, and catalog operations.

This chapter contains these topics:

• Using Oracle Directory Manager

• Using Command-Line Tools

• Routine Administration at a Glance

Directory administration is also aided by the Oracle Delegated Administration Services, a set of pre-defined, Web-based units for performing directory operations on behalf of a user. It frees directory administrators from the more routine directory management tasks by enabling them to delegate specific functions to other administrators and to end users. You can use it, for example, to enable end users to modify their personal profile information (including Oracle Application Server Single Sign-On passwords) without requiring the intervention of an administrator.

One tool, created by using Oracle Delegated Administration Services, is the Oracle Internet Directory Self-Service Console. This ready-to-use application provides a single graphical interface for delegated administrators and end users to manage data in the directory.

See Also: Chapter 30, "Oracle Delegated Administration Services" Chapter 31, "Oracle Internet Directory Self-Service Console"