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CoS A method for sharing attributes between entries in a way that is
invisible to applications.
CoS definition entry Identifies the type of CoS you are using. It is stored as an LDAP
subentry below the branch it affects.
CoS template entry Contains a list of the shared attribute values.
See Also template entry.
D
daemon A background process on a Unix machine that is responsible for
a particular system task. Daemon processes do not need human
intervention to continue functioning.
DAP Directory Access Protocol. The ISO X.500 standard protocol that
provides client access to the directory.
data master The server that is the master source of a particular piece of data.
database link An implementation of chaining. The database link behaves like a
database but has no persistent storage. Instead, it points to data
stored remotely.
default index One of a set of default indexes created per database instance.
Default indexes can be modified, although care should be taken
before removing them, as certain plug-ins may depend on them.
definition entry See CoS definition entry.
Directory Access Protocol See DAP.
Directory Manager The privileged database administrator, comparable to the root user in
UNIX. Access control does not apply to the Directory Manager.
directory service A database application designed to manage descriptive, attribute-
based information about people and resources within an organization.
directory tree The logical representation of the information stored in the directory. It
mirrors the tree model used by most filesystems, with the tree's root
point appearing at the top of the hierarchy. Also known as DIT.
distinguished name String representation of an entry's name and location in an LDAP
directory.
DIT See directory tree.
DM See Directory Manager.
DN See distinguished name.
DNS Domain Name System. The system used by machines on a network
to associate standard IP addresses (such as 198.93.93.10) with
hostnames (such as www.example.com). Machines normally get the
