Red Hat DIRECTORY SERVER 7.1 - DEPLOYMENT Deployment Manual page 67

The directory tree for
Beneath the root suffix entry
The ISP branch contains customer data and internal information for
Internet branch is the domain tree. The groups branch contains information about
the administrative groups.
There are some points to consider when choosing attributes for your branch points:
• Be consistent.
Some LDAP client applications may be confused if the distinguished name
(DN) format is inconsistent across your directory tree. That is, if
subordinate to
o
subordinate to
o
• Try to use only the traditional attributes (shown in Table 4-1).
Using traditional attributes increases the likelihood of retaining compatibility
with third-party LDAP client applications. Using the traditional attributes also
means that they will be known to the default directory schema, which makes it
easier to build entries for the branch DN.
, an Internet host, appears as follows:
example
o=example,c=US
in one part of your directory tree, then make sure
in all other parts of your directory.
Designing Your Directory Tree
, the tree is split into three branches.
Chapter 4 Designing the Directory Tree
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