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Sun Directory Services 3.1 User's Guide

Chapter 1 Introduction

Sun Directory Services provides two graphical interfaces that are used to view or modify information in the directory:

Both tools can be connected remotely or locally to a Sun Directory Server. They both provide simple ways to view the contents of the directory.

Deja

Deja provides a comprehensive user interface suitable for maintaining the directory contents. Figure 1-1 shows the Deja Create panel. The tool is split into four areas, the toolbar, the browser window, the function window, and the status bar. The toolbar, browser window, and status bar are optional.

When you click on an icon in the toolbar or select an option from the Directory menu, the appropriate screen is displayed in the function window.

Figure 1-1 Deja Directory Editor

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The toolbar uses a number of icons which have specific functions. Refer to Table 1-1 for a description of the icons and their functions.

Table 1-1 Deja Toolbar Icons

Icon 

Use 

Login 

 

Click this icon to login to the directory server. You must login to modify the contents of the directory. 

Search 

 

Click this icon to search the directory for entries.  

View 

 

Select an entry in the directory browser window and click this icon to view the values of the attributes of an entry. 

Create 

 

Click this icon to create a new entry in the directory. 

Modify 

 

Select an entry in the directory browser window and click this icon to modify the entry's properties. 

Rename 

 

Select an entry in the directory browser window and click this icon to modify the Relative Distinguished Name of the entry. 

Delete 

 

Select an entry in the directory browser window and click this icon to remove an entry from the directory. 

Cut 

 

Select an entry in the directory browser window and click this icon to cut the entry from the directory, and retain a copy in the clipboard. 

Copy 

 

Select an entry in the directory browser window and click this icon to copy the entry into the clipboard. 

Paste 

 

After an entry has been cut or copied to the clipboard, select a parent entry in the directory browser window and click this icon to paste the entry as a child of the selected entry. 

Help 

Click this icon to diplay the online help. 

Web Gateway

The Web Gateway provides an interface to a Sun Directory Services directory from any web browser. You can view the directory, search for and read entries, and modify some directory information. This is useful for checking information in the directory, but it is a general-purpose tool and should not be used in place of Deja.

Figure 1-2 Web Gateway Directory Specific Entry Page

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Figure 1-2 shows the naming contexts defined for the directory, and provides access to the schema.

Starting the Directory Server Daemons

Deja requires the directory services daemon, dsservd, to be running on the directory server. In addition, the Web Gateway requires the web gateway daemon, dswebd, to be running on the server that holds the directory. Before you start Deja or the Web Gateway, make sure that the appropriate daemons are running. If they are not, start them as described in the following section.

Starting the dsservd and dswebd Daemons

To start the directory server daemon, dsservd, as root type: 


# /etc/init.d/dsserv start

To start the web gateway daemon, dswebd, as root type: 


# /etc/init.d/dsweb start

When you install Sun Directory Services, these commands are added to the system startup file, so that all the server daemons are started automatically when the machine is rebooted.