[Fedora-directory-users] beginner question

[Chun Tat David Chu]

Hi Maurizio,

I would use the "
uid=admin,ou=Administrators,ou=TopologyManagement,o=NetscapeRoot" instead of
"cn=Directory Manager".

Here's the copy and pasted information from the Red Hat Directory Server
Admin Guide.

There are important differences between the Directory Administrator and the
Directory Manager:
    * The administrator cannot create top level entries for a new suffix
through an add operation. either adding an entry in the Directory Server
Console or using ldapadd, a tool provided with OpenLDAP. Only the Directory
Manager can add top-level entries by default. To allow other users to add
top-level entries, create entries with the appropriate access control
statements in an LDIF file, and perform an import or database initialization
procedure using that LDIF file.
    * Password policies do apply to the administrator, but you can set a
user-specific password policy for the administrator.
    * Size, time, and lookthrough limits apply to the administrator, but you
can set different resource limits for this user.

For more detail, follow below URL
http://www.redhat.com/docs/manuals/dir-server/install/8.0/Installation_Guide-Preparing_for_a_Directory_Server_Installation-Considerations.html#Installation_Guide-Preparing_for_a_Directory_Server_Installation-Directory_Manager

- dc

On Fri, May 2, 2008 at 7:41 AM, Maurizio Marini <maumar at cost.it> wrote:

> When configuring sw that should authenticate ldap, they ask for ldap admin
> and
> password
> I wonder which is the difference between:
> uid=admin,ou=Administrators,ou=TopologyManagement,o=NetscapeRoot
> and
> cn=Directory Manager.
> When shoud i use it ot the the other? who is "ldap admin"?
> tia
>        -m
>
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