Sun Directory Services Topics and Tasks

TABLE  6-1   Sun Directory Services Topics and Tasks

Topic/Task	Description	Page
Initial Configuration	Describes how to configure the two mandatory parameters: the administrator name/password and the distinguished name of the naming context held in the data store and the data store location.	165
Populating the Directory	- Saving and restoring existing data in the directory. - Populate the directory by writing LDIF data directory into the LDBM database using ldif2ldbm and ldbmcat - Populating the directory via the SLAPD server. See Appendix C, "Populating the Directory Examples" on page 319	167
General Properties Configuration	How to modify general Sun Directory Services properties: - Administrator name, password, and encryption - Schema check - Dereference alias in bind - Default access - LDAP port and Web gateway port - Maximum concurrent connections - Search size and time limit - Default referral host	188
Configuring the Data Store	Describes creating, modifying and indexing a data store. Also describes Replication. Examples of configuring replication are at page 301.	190
Modifying the Schema	Tells how to change and create attributes and object classes.	200
Configuring Access Control	How to modify directory access control rules and level of access granted. Also "Using the Distinguished Name Editor" on page 211.	205
Configuring Logging	Lists the information that can be logged.	213
Web Access to the Directory	How to search for and read entries, and to modify some directory information from a web browser.	215
Monitoring the Directory Service	View Sun Directory Services statistics--Global, Detailed, Operations, Associations,Interactions	219
Maintaining the Directory Service	This section is in Chapter 7, "Maintenance." It describes: - Maintaining the data store attribute indexes - Backup and restore a data store - Backup and restore directory data base - Back up and restoring directory service configuration - Starting and stopping the directory services	241
Directory Service Error Messages	Error Messages	363