Sun Microsystems Netscape Enterprise Server, Administrator'S Manual

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Glossary 501
resource
Any document (URL), directory, or program that the server can access and send
to a client that requests it.
RFC
Request For Comments. Usually, procedures or standards documents submitted
to the Internet community. People can send comments on the technologies
before they become accepted standards.
root (Unix)
The most privileged user on Unix machines. The root user has complete access
privileges to all files on the machine.
server daemon
A process that, once running, listens for and accepts requests from clients.
Server Plug-in
API
An extension that allows you to extend and/or customize the core functionality
of Netscape servers and provide a scalable, efficient mechanism for building
interfaces between the HTTP server and back-end applications. Also known as
NSAPI.
server root
A directory on the server machine dedicated to holding the server program,
configuration, maintenance, and information files.
simple index
The opposite of fancy indexing—this type of directory listing displays only the
names of the files without any graphical elements.
SNMP
Simple Network Management Protocol.
SOCKS
Firewall software that establishes a connection from inside a firewall to the
outside when direct connection would otherwise be prevented by the firewall
software or hardware (for example, the router configuration).
soft restart
A way to restart the server that causes the server to internally restart, that is,
reread its configuration files. A soft restart sends the process the
HUP
signal
(signal number one). The process itself does not die, as it does in a hard restart.
SSL
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.
stop word
A word identified to the search function as a word not to search on. This
typically includes such words as
the , a , an , and . Also referred to as drop words.
strftime
A function that converts a date and a time to a string. It’s used by the server
when appending trailers.
strftime
has a special format language for the date
and time that the server can use in a trailer to illustrate a file’s last-modified
date.