I wish to know more about iPlanet profile server(internal LDAP server)functionalities

a guide to know how it is storing profiles,componentsand also a question-1.when I add a component to the profile server,whether a copy of the component is made for each user(for personalization)?If a complete document is present pls send me the link.
[285 byte] By [708850] at [2007-11-25 4:34:13]
# 1

The data structure for is not published so there is no written document for it. Components in portal are global, which means they do not fall in the domains/roles and user hierarchy.

A user stores only specific attributes that are customized for him for example, if an firstName is customized for him and that is attribute/value pair stored in his profile, he doesn't have a copy of the whole component in his user profile.

Take a look at the ldif dump, it should give you an ide a ..

Karthik_Krishnamoorthy at 2007-6-29 2:45:04 > top of Java-index,Web & Directory Servers,Portal Servers...
# 2

I do not think that this information can be made public. However, you can look at the internal LDAP server "cn=iplanetwebtop, dc=youdomain" tree to know the information being stored. However, the profile server code which runs on the internal webserver (at default port 8080) caches the information in the internal LDAP server.

708866 at 2007-6-29 2:45:04 > top of Java-index,Web & Directory Servers,Portal Servers...