Directories

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Detailed Description

Directory access.

A "Directory" in terms of the Director is a subset of the management database selected by two criteria:

1. the subtree within the database
2. the class of the objects within this subtree

For instance, the "Hosts" directory contains all objects of the class directorHost and ipHost within the subtree specified in sfidirector.conf.

The sfidirector.conf includes a number of database specifications that bind "directories" to a particular tree of the management database.

This information is used by the directory drivers in order to determine where to look for objects. The information what objects to look for, however, is hardcoded, the Hosts directory will look for ipHost and directorHost objects, the People directory for directorUser and posixAccount objects, and so on.

Directory drivers are also aware of the key attribute usually identifying an object, e.g. the host name for Hosts or the login name for persons.

Directories are widely used in the Director, e.g. the sfidirector list command, and can as well be used wherever a database URI is requested as described in the directories reference.

Modules
	AccessPolicy Directory (-)
	AccessPolicyRule Directory (-)
	AccessRole Directory (-)
	AccessRoleRule Directory (-)
	AppGroups Directory (-)
	Application Directory (-)
	AppPackages Directory
	Packages in the application package index database.
	AppRepository Directory
	Application repositories.
	BootStrap Directory (-)
	HostClass Directory
	Debug Directory
	Pseudo-directory for debugging purposes.
	DocCategory Directory
	DocComponent Directory
	DocConcept Directory
	DocContract Directory
	DocExtDocu Directory
	DocImporter Directory
	DocLocation Directory
	DocService Directory
	DocSoftware Directory
	DocSupplier Directory
	DocTools Directory
	DSDomains Directory (-)
	DSRules Directory (-)
	Group Directory
	Hosts Directory
	Host entries.
	InitPackageState Directory
	Locks Directory (-)
	MailDomain Directory
	MailGroup Directory
	Mailing lists, aliases.
	People Directory
	User entries.
	PersonClass Directory
	Schema Directory (-)
	Services Directory (-)
	Top Directory
	The whole management database.

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