Ability to describe directory services in general. Ability to list features of Netscape's Directory Server version 4. Ability to determine appropriate and inappropriate uses for the Directory Server.
| # Module 2: Overview The material in this module assumes little or no prior exposure to directory services. This is useful reference material for people who want to learn more about Netscape's Directory Server, particularly Sales & Marketing folks.
2.1 | The Problem And Its Solution The problem of managing client-server configuration files has become an administrative nightmare.
2.2 | Historical Background LDAP is a simplified version of a more complicated directory service called X.500.
2.3 | Appropriate Uses Directory services can do wonderful things when applied to the proper types of problems.
2.4 | Inappropriate Uses Directory services shouldn't be thought of as a general-purpose replacement for databases.
2.5 | Description Of Directory Server 4.0 Basic capabilities of this version of the Directory Server.
2.6 | Server Features Marketing summary of the Directory Server.
2.7 | Directory Database Introduction to the Server's data storage mechanism.
2.8 | Distinguished Names DNs are text-based representations of entries in the Server directory.
2.9 | Overview Quiz Test your knowledge before going on to the Preinstallation module.

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