Naming Other Kinds Of Entries; Grouping Directory Entries - Netscape DIRECTORY SERVER 6.01 - DEPLOYMENT Deployment Manual

Grouping Directory Entries

o=example_a+st=Washington,o=ISP,c=US
You can also use trademarks, however they are not guaranteed to be unique.
In a hosting environment, you need to include the following attributes in the
organization's entry:
•
o (organizationName)
•
objectClass

Naming Other Kinds of Entries

Your directory will contain entries that represent many things, such as localities,
states, countries, devices, servers, network information, and other kinds of data.
For these types of entries, use the
Therefore, if you are naming a group entry, name it as follows:
cn=administrators,dc=example,dc=com
However, sometimes you need to name an entry whose object class does not
support the
entry's object class.
There does not have to be any correspondence between the attributes used for the
entry's DN and the attributes actually used in the entry. However, a
correspondence between the DN attributes and attributes used by the entry
simplifies administration of your directory tree.
Grouping Directory Entries
Once you have created entries, you can group them for ease of administration. The
Directory Server supports several methods for grouping entries and sharing
attributes between entries:
• Using roles
• Using class of service
The following sections describe each of these mechanisms in more detail.
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with values of
attribute. Instead, use an attribute that is supported by the
commonName
, , and
top organization
( ) attribute in the RDN if possible.
commonName cn
nsManagedDomain