Red Hat DIRECTORY SERVER 7.1, Installation Manual

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Glossary 85
SSL
Also Secure Sockets Layer. A software library establishing a secure connection between two
parties (client and server) used to implement HTTPS, the secure version of HTTP.
standard index
index maintained by default.
sub suffix
A branch underneath a root suffix.
subagent
See SNMP subagent .
substring index
Allows for efficient searching against substrings within entries. Substring indexes are limited to
a minimum of two characters for each entry.
suffix
The name of the entry at the top of the directory tree, below which data is stored. Multiple suffixes
are possible within the same directory. Each database only has one suffix.
superuser
The most privileged user available on UNIX machines. The superuser has complete access priv-
ileges to all files on the machine. Also called root.
supplier
Server containing the master copy of directory trees or subtrees that are replicated to consumer
servers.
supplier server
In the context of replication, a server that holds a replica that is copied to a different server is
called a supplier for that replica.
supplier-initiated replication
Replication configuration where supplier servers replicate directory data to consumer servers.