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 wrote:
>
>
> > On 20 Jan 2021, at 08:42, Tom 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!
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