Novell eDirectory - Full Service Directory

Relationship

Relationship is the ability to build associations between the people, network devices, network applications, and information on the network. For example, instead of storing the user's profile information on the local machine, it can be stored in Novell eDirectory. The result is that the profile information becomes global within the scope of the directory and the user can access the profile information from anywhere.

This means that the user receives the same profile regardless of where he attaches and logs in to the network. In addition, the access to the profile information is tightly controlled. The only user that can gain access is the one with the proper credentials. Thus, the integrity of profile information is protected and secure, and the user can access it globally-easily.

There are several elements that contribute to a full-service directory's relationship suite. These include:

• Federation
• Organization
• Collection
• Registration
• Reference
• Inference
• Policy