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directory service
(foldoc) | directory service
A structured repository of information
on people and resources within an organisation, facilitating
management and communication.
On a LAN or WAN the directory service identifies all
aspects of the network including users, software, hardware,
and the various rights and policies assigned to each. As a
result applications can access information without knowing
where a particular resource is physically located, and users
interact oblivious to the network topology and protocols.
To allow heterogeneous networks to share directory
information the ITU proposed a common structure called
X.500. However, its complexity and lack of seamless
Internet support led to the development of {Lightweight
Directory Access Protocol} (LDAP) which has continued to
evolve under the aegis of the IETF. Despite its name LDAP
is too closely linked to X.500 to be "lightweight".
LDAP was adopted by several companies such as {Netscape
Communications Corporation} (Netscape Directory Server) and
has become a de facto standard for directory services.
Other LDAP compatible offerings include Novell, Inc.'s
Novell Directory Services (NDS) and {Microsoft
Corporation}'s Active Directory. The Netscape and Novell
products are available for Windows NT and Unix
platforms. Novell Directory Services also run on Novell
platforms. Microsoft Corporation's Active Directory is an
integral part of Microsoft's Windows 2000 and although it
can interface with directory services running on other systems
it is not available for other platforms.
(2001-01-02)
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enhanced directory service
(foldoc) | Enhanced Directory Service
EDS
(EDS) A common, distributed, integrated,
directory service with centralized and/or replicated
administration.
[Reference?]
(2003-06-18)
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netware directory services
(foldoc) | Netware Directory Services
NDS
(NDS) Novell, Inc.'s directory services for
Netware, Windows NT, and Unix. The NDS directory
represents each network resource (user, hardware, or
application) as an object of a certain class, where each
class has certain properties. For example, User and Print
Server are object classes and a user has over 80 properties
such as name, login, password, department, and title.
The directory is hierarchical, divided into branches by {rules
of containment}. A given object can only belong to a given
container (or branch). The rules governing classes,
properties and, rules of containment are known as the
schema.
(2001-03-20)
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