and nsds50 stands for Netscape Directory Server 5.0 as it became iPlanet Directory Server 5.0 in the 2001 time frame with major new features, like: MMR / Multi Master Replication ! hence the famous nsds50ruv records and other replication agreement attributes with the nsds50 prefix string. probably having the version number was somehow important at that time. https://web.archive.org/web/20010924091521/http://docs.iplanet.com/docs/manuals/directory/50/relnotes.html another blast from the past: https://web.archive.org/web/19980507023609/http://help.netscape.com/products/ the page at https://www.port389.org/docs/389ds/FAQ/history.html has some information. M.
On Tue, Jan 19, 2021 at 2:53 PM William Brown <[email protected]> wrote: > > > > On 20 Jan 2021, at 08:42, Tom <[email protected]> wrote: > > > > A lot of config options, for example nsslapd-sizelimit, start with NS. > What does NS stand for? > > NetScape! A lot of the directory server code originally was part of > netscape and then had some adventures going through SUN, AOL and finally > Red Hat and OpenSource. > > This is contrast to NS in macos (nextstep) and nsswitch (name-service > switch) or ns (nanoseconds) or any of the other overloaded meanings that NS > has in our world. > > > > > Thanks in advance for tolerating a newbie with OCD! > > Absolutely - Happy to have you here, and if you have any more questions > about 389-ds or related topics, please let us know! > > > _______________________________________________ > > 389-users mailing list -- [email protected] > > To unsubscribe send an email to [email protected] > > Fedora Code of Conduct: > https://docs.fedoraproject.org/en-US/project/code-of-conduct/ > > List Guidelines: https://fedoraproject.org/wiki/Mailing_list_guidelines > > List Archives: > https://lists.fedoraproject.org/archives/list/[email protected] > > — > Sincerely, > > William Brown > > Senior Software Engineer, 389 Directory Server > SUSE Labs, Australia > _______________________________________________ > 389-users mailing list -- [email protected] > To unsubscribe send an email to [email protected] > Fedora Code of Conduct: > https://docs.fedoraproject.org/en-US/project/code-of-conduct/ > List Guidelines: https://fedoraproject.org/wiki/Mailing_list_guidelines > List Archives: > https://lists.fedoraproject.org/archives/list/[email protected] >
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