Active Directory - Red Hat DIRECTORY SERVER 8.1 - DEPLOYMENT Deployment Manual

Chapter 7. Designing Synchronization
7.3.2.4. Constraints on the initials Attribute
For the initials attribute, Active Directory imposes a maximum length constraint of six characters,
but Directory Server does not have a length limit. If an initials attribute longer than six characters
is added to Directory Server, the value is trimmed when it is synchronized with the Active Directory
entry.
7.3.3. Group Attributes Synchronized Between Directory Server and

Active Directory

Only a subset of Directory Server and Active Directory attributes are synchronized. These attributes
are hardcoded and are defined regardless of which way the entry is being synchronized. Any other
attributes present in the entry, either in Directory Server or in Active Directory, remain unaffected by
synchronization.
Some attributes used in Directory Server and Active Directory group entries are identical. These are
usually attributes defined in an LDAP standard, which are common among all LDAP services. These
attributes are synchronized to one another exactly.
Same between Directory Server and Active Directory"
Directory Server and Windows servers.
Some attributes define the same information, but the names of the attributes or their schema
definitions are different. These attributes are mapped between Active Directory and Directory Server,
so that attribute A in one server is treated as attribute B in the other. For synchronization, many of
these attributes relate to Windows-specific information.
between Directory Server and Active Directory"
Directory Server and Windows servers.
For more information on the differences in ways that Directory Server and Active Directory handle
some schema elements, see
Server and Active Directory".
Directory Server
cn
ntGroupAttributes
ntGroupId
ntGroupType
Table 7.3. Group Entry Attribute Mapping between Directory Server and Active Directory
cn
description
l
Table 7.4. Group Entry Attributes That Are the Same between Directory Server and Active Directory
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Table 7.4, "Group Entry Attributes That Are the
shows the attributes that are mapped between the
Section 7.3.4, "Group Schema Differences between Red Hat Directory
shows attributes that are the same between the
Table 7.3, "Group Entry Attribute Mapping
Active Directory
name
groupAttributes
cn
name
sAMAccountName
groupType
member
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