[Fedora-directory-users] Discussion about "Configuration DS" & "User DS" settings in Admin Server Console

[Rich Megginson]

Hugo Etievant wrote:
> hello,
>
> In the general "Configuration" tab of "Administration Server" Console,
> what differences between connexion settings in "User DS" and 
> "Configuration DS" tabs ?
> Theses settings are redundant, no ?
> "User DS" settings are used by Administration Server to be connected 
> to the Directory Server configuration database (netscapeRoot).
No, that is what "Configuration DS" is for.
> But what additional information is supplied by "Configuration DS" ???
Fedora DS supports the idea of having a separate directory server used 
for User&Group and other organizational data, and a directory server 
exclusively for Configuration (console & admin server) data.  However, 
by default, these are usually one and the same, and for most folks this 
is fine.
>
> bye