Netscape NETSCAPE CONSOLE 6.0 - MANAGING SERVERS, Manual

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managed devices A piece of hardware or software that is controlled over SNMP.
managed object configuration and management settings that can be read and
changed by an SNMP master agent.
management information base See MIB.
master agent
See SNMP master agent.
member A directory entry that is part of a group. For instance, in a dynamic
group called Western Sales, members might include all users whose directory
entries contain the RDN
ou=Western Sales
.
MIB Management Information Base. A tree-like hierarchy that defines managed
objects.
migration The act of importing settings from one version of a server to a later
version of the same server. For more information, see Chapter 3, “Using Netscape
Console.”
misrepresentation The presentation of an entity as a person or organization that
it is not. For example, a web site might pretend to be a furniture store when it is
really just a site that takes credit-card payments but never sends any goods.
Misrepresentation is one form of impersonation. See also spoofing.
modutil The Security Module Database Tool. A command-line utility for
managing PKCS #11 module information stored in
secmod.db
files or hardware
tokens.
native agent An SNMP master agent that is built into a version of the UNIX
operating system.
navigation tree Netscape Console’s graphical representation of a network
topology. A navigation tree contains all resources that are registered in a
configuration directory.
network management application
An application that shows information about
managed devices.
network management station
The machine used to monitor and configure
managed devices.
network topology
See topology.