Ability to use the install.inf file to determine current parameter values.
The term nshome refers to the directory or folder where the actual Directory Server files reside. Although you can set nshome to be anything you want, in this course we'll always use the default location: Unix: /usr/netscape/server4/ NT: C:\netscape\server4\
The term serverid refers to the name assigned to your Directory Server during installation.The default is slapd-hostname, where hostname is the name of the target system.
Try This: Locate the install.inf file on your system and record the current value of the "UseReplication" parameter.
> | # Configuration Overview The term "configuration tasks" refers to administrative activities that are usually performed right after installation and only occasionally thereafter. In contrast, "management tasks" are activities that are performed routinely, such as reading log files and backing up the directory. Those activities are covered in the Management module. Configuration During Installation Your Directory Server was configured to some minimum degree during the installation process. All runtime activities are controlled by configuration parameters, and you've already specified the most important ones when you ran the setup program. Configuration parameters set during installation include the following: root DN server root network service port number administrator's login and password administrative port number Your Directory Server was up and running as soon as you completed the installation process, but there're still some parameters that you might want to modify. Important configuration parameters not set during installation include: maximum cache size index specification ### Reading The install.inf File
> | The `install.inf` file is a text file which contains a list of configuration parameters that were set during installation. On NT and Unix systems, its default location is: `nshome\serverId\setup`
If you saved the `install.inf` file during the installation process, you can now refer to it as a way of determining the minimum configuration parameter values for your Directory Server. You can examine the contents of this file by using Notepad on NT systems or TextEdit on Solaris systems. If you didn't save the `install.inf` file, you can click on the icon above to see an example.
### Configuration With Netscape Console You can change most of the Directory Server's parameter values from the various forms provided in Netscape Console. This is the quickest and easiest way to configure your Directory Server. We'll describe this process in the next section.
### Manual Configuration In addition to the graphical interface, it is possible to use command line tools to configure the Directory Server. We'll briefly describe the process of editing the Directory Server's configuration files later in this module.

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