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Organizational Units
An organizational unit can include a number of groups and usually represents a
division, department, or other discrete business group.
When you create a new organizational unit, you add a branch to the directory. This
is reflected through the use of an
organizational unit called Accounting within the organizational unit West Coast,
and your Base DN is
ou=Accounting, ou=West Coast, o=example, c=US
To Create a New Organizational Unit
In Netscape Console, click the "Users and Groups" tab.
1.
Click the Create button and then choose Organizational Unit. You can also
2.
open the User menu and choose Create > Organizational Unit.
In the Select Organizational Unit dialog box, select the directory subtree in
3.
which to store the new organizational unit.
In the Create Organizational Unit dialog box, enter organizational unit
4.
information:
Name. Enter a name for the organizational unit.
Description. (Optional) Enter a description that helps you identify the
organizational unit.
Phone. (Optional) Enter a phone number where one can reach a contact person
(such as an administrative assistant) for the organizational unit.
Fax. (Optional) Enter a fax number where one can reach a contact person (such
as an administrative assistant) for the organizational unit.
Alias. (Optional) Enter another name, such as a nickname or acronym, that you
might use in place of the Name entered above.
Click OK.
5.
RDN. For example, if you create a new
ou
, then the new organizational unit's DN is:
o=example, c=US
Creating New Directory Entries
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