What is a Directory?
It is a different structure database that stores data, which can be
searched easily for a special purpose.
What is LDAP?
LDAP is a lightweight of DAP. It is an Internet Engineering Task
Force (IETF) standard. An LDAP directory is organized in the form of
a simple hierarchical tree known as Directory Information Tree (DIT).
What is DAP?
It is a protocol to access database directory � Directory Access
Protocol (DAP).
What is OID?
OID or Oracle Internet Directory is Oracle�s implementation of LDAP.
It provides directory services to the Oracle database and the Oracle
Application Server.
What are the security benefits of OID?
OID � Oracle Internet Directory provides the following security
benefits:
Data integrity
Data confidentiality
Password protection
Data access control
What are OID Monitor and OID Control Utilities?
OID Monitor Utility initiates, monitors, and terminates the OID
server processes. All the activities are logged in the $ORACLE_HOME/ldap/log/oidmon.log
file. The OID Monitor process must be running to process commands
from OID control utility. To start/stop the OID Monitor process do
the following:
# oidmon connect=net_service_name sleep=10 start/stop -- the command
starts/stops OID monitor and every 10 seconds checks to restart any
servers that may have stopped not by the �stop� option.
OID Control Utility stops and starts the server OID instance
processes.
What is Oracle Directory Manager?
It is a Java-based GUI tool to maintain and administer Oracle
Internet Directory data. By default the port in which the OID
instance is running is 389 or 4032.
To run it just enter # oidadmin |
