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3.3.1 LDAP or role-based configuration
NLPOS provides a mechanism for controlling the configuration of the POS
systems (Tier 3) which is based on an enterprise LDAP repository containing
configuration records for POS clients and servers, as well as configuration
records for such things as client load images. IBM Retail Environment for SUSE
Linux V2 fully supports the use of configuration through the NLPOS LDAP
configuration scheme. However, IBM Retail Environment for SUSE Linux V2 also
provides an alternative configuration scheme referred to as
role-based
configuration
, which helps simplify store system administration. Instead of
configuring each client individually, you simply select a def ...