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Chapter 2 Topics

Directory services

Directory services

A directory stores system information as directory entries and associates a logical name with each entry. Each directory entry contains information about a network entity such as a user, a server, or a printer. A directory organizes this information and removes the requirement to modify applications when the location of a network entity changes.

A directory service (sometimes called a naming service) manages creation, modification, and retrieval of directory entries.

Directory service providers and drivers

Network-based directory services

LDAP

Use of the directory by applications

Directory organization

Directory entry name formats

Name syntax for DCE CDS

Name syntax for Banyan STDA

Name syntax for Novell NDS

Name syntax for Windows NT Registry

Name syntax for LDAP directory services

Name syntax for the Interfaces file

Locating entries with a DIT base

Viewing directory entries

Directory objects

Properties for directory services