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Designing Your Directory Tree
Table 4-1
Attribute Name
ou
st
l
dc
NOTE
Replication Considerations
During directory tree design, consider which entries you are replicating. A natural
way to describe a set of entries to be replicated is to specify the distinguished name
(DN) at the top of a subtree and replicate all entries below it. This subtree also
corresponds to a database, a directory partition containing a portion of the
directory data.
For example, in an enterprise environment you can organize your directory tree so
that it corresponds to the network names in your enterprise. Network names tend
to not change, so the directory tree structure will be stable. Further, using network
names to create the top level branches of your directory tree is useful when you use
replication to tie together different directory servers.
For example,
flightdeck.example.com
They initially branch their directory tree as follows:
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Definition
An organizational unit. This attribute is typically used to
represent a smaller divisional branching of your enterprise than
an organization. Organizational units are generally subordinate
to the preceding organization.
A state or province name.
A locality, such as a city, country, office, or facility name.
A domain component as discussed in "Suffix Naming
Conventions," on page 59.
A common mistake is to assume that you search your directory
based on the attributes used in the distinguished name. However,
the distinguished name is only a unique identifier for the directory
entry and cannot be searched against.
Instead, search for entries based on the attribute-data pairs stored
on the entry itself. Thus, if the distinguished name of an entry is
,
cn=Babs Jensen
ou=People,dc=example,dc=com
for
will not match that entry unless you have explicitly
dc=example
put
as an attribute in that entry.
dc:example
Corporation has three primary networks known as
example.com
,
tickets.example.com
, then a search
, and
hanger.example.com
.
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