eDirectory is an X.500-compatible directory service software product from NetIQ. Previously owned by Novell, the product has also been known as Novell Directory Services (NDS) and sometimes referred to as NetWare Directory Services. NDS was initially released by Novell in 1993 for Netware 4, replacing the Netware bindery mechanism used in previous versions, for centrally managing access to resources on multiple servers and computers within a given network. eDirectory is a hierarchical, object oriented database used to represent certain assets in an organization in a logical tree, including organizations, organizational units, people, positions, servers, volumes, workstations, applications, printers, services, and groups to name just a few.
eDirectory uses dynamic rights inheritance, which allows both global and specific access controls. Access rights to objects in the tree are determined at the time of the request and are determined by the rights assigned to the objects by virtue of their location in the tree, any security equivalences, and individual assignments. The software supports partitioning at any point in the tree, as well as replication of any partition to any number of servers. Replication between servers occurs periodically using deltas of the objects. Each server can act as a master of the information it holds (provided the replica is not read only). Additionally, replicas may be filtered to only include defined attributes to increase speed (for example, a replica may be configured to only include a name and phone number for use in a corporate address book, as opposed to the entire directory user profile).
Novell stores a large amount of network and server configuration data within eDirectory. In this example, the server name is "ADMIN1". Shown is an organizational unit, user groups, print queues, disk volumes, the server itself, print servers, Novell licensing, user template, secure authentication service, encryption key pairs, service location protocol, LDAP server, DNS configuration, DHCP configuration, Bordermanager server config, Novell installation service, SNMP config
When Novell first designed their directory, they decided to store large amounts of their operational server data within the directory in addition to just user account information. As a result, a typical Novell directory contains a large pool of additional objects representing the servers themselves and any software services running on those servers, such as LDAP or email software.
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Versions of eDirectory prior to version 8 (then called Novell Directory Services) used a record-based database management engine called Recman, which relied on the Transaction Tracking System built into the NetWare operating system. Since version 8, eDirectory (along with the GroupWise collaboration suite, starting with version 5) uses the FLAIM (FLexible Adaptable Information Management) database engine. FLAIM is an open source embeddable database engine developed by Novell and released under the GPL license in 2006. This change allowed for it to be ported to other platforms such as Windows, Linux, and Unix.
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This article includes a list of references related reading or external links but its sources remain unclear because it lacks inline citations Please help improve this article by introducing more precise citations November 2009 Learn how and when to remove this template message eDirectory is an X 500 compatible directory service software product from NetIQ Previously owned by Novell the product has also been known as Novell Directory Services NDS and sometimes referred to as NetWare Directory Services NDS was initially released by Novell in 1993 for Netware 4 replacing the Netware bindery mechanism used in previous versions for centrally managing access to resources on multiple servers and computers within a given network eDirectory is a hierarchical object oriented database used to represent certain assets in an organization in a logical tree including organizations organizational units people positions servers volumes workstations applications printers services and groups to name just a few NetIQ eDirectoryDeveloper s NetIQ OpenText Stable release9 2 2 1 May 2020 2020 05 Operating systemCross platformTypeDirectory serviceLicenseProprietaryWebsitehttps www netiq com products edirectory Contents 1 Features 2 Supported platforms 3 Network configuration stored in the directory 4 Storage 5 Further reading 6 See also 7 References 8 External linksFeatures edit nbsp NetWare eDirectory CWorthy Management TooleDirectory uses dynamic rights inheritance which allows both global and specific access controls Access rights to objects in the tree are determined at the time of the request and are determined by the rights assigned to the objects by virtue of their location in the tree any security equivalences and individual assignments The software supports partitioning at any point in the tree as well as replication of any partition to any number of servers Replication between servers occurs periodically using deltas of the objects Each server can act as a master of the information it holds provided the replica is not read only Additionally replicas may be filtered to only include defined attributes to increase speed for example a replica may be configured to only include a name and phone number for use in a corporate address book as opposed to the entire directory user profile The software supports referential integrity multi master replication and has a modular authentication architecture It can be accessed via LDAP DSML SOAP ODBC JDBC JNDI and ADSI Supported platforms editWindows 2000 Windows Server 2003 Windows Server 2008 Windows Server 2012 SUSE Linux Enterprise Server Red Hat Enterprise Linux Novell NetWare Sun Solaris IBM AIX HP UXNetwork configuration stored in the directory edit nbsp Novell stores a large amount of network and server configuration data within eDirectory In this example the server name is ADMIN1 Shown is an organizational unit user groups print queues disk volumes the server itself print servers Novell licensing user template secure authentication service encryption key pairs service location protocol LDAP server DNS configuration DHCP configuration Bordermanager server config Novell installation service SNMP configWhen Novell first designed their directory they decided to store large amounts of their operational server data within the directory in addition to just user account information As a result a typical Novell directory contains a large pool of additional objects representing the servers themselves and any software services running on those servers such as LDAP or email software Storage editVersions of eDirectory prior to version 8 then called Novell Directory Services used a record based database management engine called Recman which relied on the Transaction Tracking System built into the NetWare operating system Since version 8 eDirectory along with the GroupWise collaboration suite starting with version 5 uses the FLAIM FLexible Adaptable Information Management database engine FLAIM is an open source embeddable database engine developed by Novell and released under the GPL license in 2006 This change allowed for it to be ported to other platforms such as Windows Linux and Unix Further reading editKillpack Rick 2005 eDirectory Field Guide Apress ISBN 978 1 59059 553 4 Kuo Peter Jim Henderson 2004 Novell s Guide to Troubleshooting eDirectory Novell Press ISBN 978 0 7897 3146 3 Jeffrey F Hughes 2002 Novells Cross Platform Guide to eDirectory John Wiley amp Sons ISBN 978 0 7645 4915 1 Jeffrey F Hughes 2001 Effective eDirectory Design amp Proactive Analysis Directory Design ISBN 978 0 9717420 0 0 See also editList of LDAP softwareReferences edit eDirectory NetIQ External links editNetIQ eDirectory product page Retrieved from https en wikipedia org w index php title NetIQ eDirectory amp oldid 1208911352, wikipedia, wiki, book, books, library,
