DIRECTORY SERVICES


Directory services terms
central directory architecture

Directory architecture in a Domino domain in which some servers store Configuration Directories and use primary Domino Directories on remote servers for lookups

condensed Directory Catalog

A directory catalog created from the DIRCAT5.NTF template that is optimized for small size and used primarily on Notes clients

Configuration Directory

A directory in a central directory architecture that contains only documents related to Domino configuration

directory server

A server whose purpose is providing directory services

directory assistance

A feature used by servers to extend client authentication, name lookups, and LDAP operations to secondary directories

directory assistance database

A database created from the DA50.NTF template and used to configure directory assistance

directory catalog

An optional directory database that can aggregate entries from multiple Domino Directories into a single database. There are two kinds of directory catalogs: condensed Directory Catalogs and Extended Directory Catalogs.

Directory Assistance document

Document created in a directory assistance database that describes a secondary directory

distributed directory architecture

Directory architecture in a Domino domain in which all servers use a local primary Domino Directory

Domino Directory

A directory created automatically from the PUBNAMES.NTF template during first server setup that describes the users, servers, connections, and access control information for a Domino domain, or a directory created manually from the PUBNAMES.NTF

Domino domain

A network of clients and servers whose users, servers, connections, and access control information is described in a Domino Directory

Extended Directory Catalog

A directory catalog used by servers that, to facilitate quick name lookups, retains the individual documents and the multiple, sorted views available in the Domino Directory. You create an Extended Directory Catalog from the PUBNAMES.NTF template. Servers use directory assistance to locate an Extended Directory Catalog.

extended ACL

An optional directory access control feature available for a Domino Directory and Extended Directory Catalog used to apply restrictions to users' overall directory access

LDAP schema

A set of rules that defines what can be stored as entries in an LDAP directory. The Domino LDAP Schema database (SCHEMA.NSF), which is created from the SCHEMA.NTF template, publishes the schema for a domain.

LDAP service

The LDAP server task running on a server to process LDAP client requests

Lightweight Directory Access Protocol (LDAP)

A standard Internet protocol for accessing and managing directory information. LDAP is a simpler version of the X.500 protocol that supports TCP/IP.

Mobile Directory Catalog

Name for a condensed Directory Catalog set up on a Notes client

Personal Address Book

A directory database on a Notes client created from the PERNMAMES.NTF template that contains the names and addresses of users and groups added by Notes users.

primary Domino Directory

The Domino Directory that a server searches first and that describes the Domino domain of the server

remote LDAP directory

A directory on a remote LDAP server accessed via directory assistance

remote primary Domino Directory

In a central directory architecture, a primary Domino Directory that a server with a Configuration Directory uses remotely

secondary directory

Any directory a server uses that is not its primary Domino Directory

secondary Domino Directory

Any Domino Directory a server uses that is not its primary Domino Directory

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