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Directory Services Markup Language 1 'Directory Services Markup Language' (DSML) is a representation of directory service information in an XML syntax.

Novell Directory Services 1 'Novell eDirectory' (formerly known as Novell Directory Services, sometimes referred to as Netware Directory Services) is an X.500-compatible directory service software product initially released in 1993 by Novell for centrally managing access to resources on multiple Server (computing)|servers and computers within a given computer network|network

Directory service - Implementations of directory services 1 In the 1980s, the International Telecommunication Union|ITU and International Organization for Standardization|ISO came up with a set of standards - X.500, for directory services, initially to support the requirements of inter-carrier electronic messaging and network name lookup

Directory service - Implementations of directory services 1 * 'Windows domain|NT Domains:' was developed by Microsoft to provide directory services for Windows machines prior to the release the LDAP-based Active Directory in Windows Windows Vista continues to support NT Domains, but only after relaxing the minimum authentication protocols it supports.

Directory services 1 Many different directory services have been used since the advent of the Internet but this article focuses mainly on those that have descended from the X.500 directory service.

Directory services - Comparison with relational databases 1 * Directory services are often a central component in the Computer security|security design of an IT system and have a correspondingly fine granularity regarding access control: who may operate in which manner on what information. Also see: Access control list|ACLs

Directory services - LDAP implementations 1 * 'NetIQ eDirectory|eDirectory:' This is NetIQ's implementation of directory services. It supports multiple architectures including Microsoft Windows|Windows, NetWare, Linux and several flavours of Unix and has long been used for user administration, configuration management, and software management. eDirectory has evolved into a central component in a broader range of Identity management products. It was previously known as Novell Directory Services.

Directory services - LDAP implementations 1 There are also plenty of open-source tools to create directory services, including OpenLDAP and the Kerberos (protocol)|Kerberos protocol, and Samba software, which can act as a Windows Domain Controller with Kerberos (protocol)|Kerberos and LDAP backends. Administration is done using GOsa or Samba provided Samba software|SWAT.

Directory Services Restore Mode 1 'Directory Services Restore Mode' (DSRM) is used on a Microsoft Windows Domain Controller to take the Active Directory on that machine offline.

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