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Sun Directory Services 3.1 User's Guide

Preface

Sun Directory Services provides two tools for browsing the directory content:

The Sun Directory Services 3.1 User's Guide describes how to use Deja and the Web Gateway. This guide is aimed at directory users who are responsible for maintaining the directory content. It does not describe how to install, configure or administer Sun Directory Services. If you need information about any of these tasks refer to the Sun Directory Services 3.1 Administration Guide.

How This Book Is Organized

The Sun Directory Services 3.1 User's Guide contains the following chapters:

Chapter 1, Introduction briefly introduces Deja and the Web Gateway. It explains the benefits of using each tool.

Chapter 2, Deja -- Standard Operations describes Deja's standard functionality and explains how it is used to search, edit, create and delete entries.

Chapter 3, Deja -- Operations on NIS Entries describes Deja's functionality for NIS users.

Chapter 4, Deja -- Operations on RADIUS Entries describes Deja's functionality for RADIUS users.

Chapter 5, Browsing the Directory Through the Web Gateway describes the Web Gateway and explains how it is used to read and modify directory entries.

Appendix A, The Deja.properties File describes the structure of the Deja.properties file, and how to modify Deja properties.

Appendix B, dejasync Command Reference describes the dejasync command line utility and how it is used to synchronize the Deja.properties file with the mapping files.

Related Books

The document set for Sun Directory Services also contains:

Standards Reference

The Sun Directory Services are based on the following Internet standards and proposed standards:

The Sun Directory Services support the following OSI standards:

Ordering Sun Documents

The SunDocsSM program provides more than 250 manuals from Sun Microsystems, Inc. If you live in the United States, Canada, Europe, or Japan, you can purchase documentation sets or individual manuals using this program.

For a list of documents and how to order them, see the catalog section of the SunExpressTM Internet site at http://www.sun.com.sunexpress.

Accessing Sun Documentation Online

The docs.sun.com web site enables you to access Sun technical documentation online. You can browse the docs.sun.com archive or search for a specific book title or subject. The URL is http://docs.sun.com.

What Typographic Changes Mean

The following table describes the typographic changes used in this book.

Table P-1 Typographic Conventions

Typeface or Symbol 

Meaning 

Example 

AaBbCc123

The names of commands, files, and directories; on-screen computer output 

Edit your .login file.

Use ls -a to list all files.

machine_name% You have mail.

 

AaBbCc123

What you type, contrasted with on-screen computer output 

machine_name% su

Password:

AaBbCc123

Command-line placeholder: 

replace with a real name or value 

To delete a file, type rm filename.

AaBbCc123

Book titles, new words or terms, or words to be emphasized 

Read Chapter 3 in User's Guide. These are called class options.

You must be root to do this.

Shell Prompts in Command Examples

The following table shows the default system prompt and superuser prompt for the C shell, Bourne shell, and Korn shell.

Table P-2 Shell Prompts

Shell 

Prompt 

C shell prompt 

machine_name%

C shell superuser prompt 

machine_name#

Bourne shell and Korn shell prompt 

$

Bourne shell and Korn shell superuser prompt 

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