Figure 3-2 A Sample Directory Tree With Two Root Suffixes; Figure 3-3 A Sample Directory Tree With A Root Suffix Off Limits To Search Operations - Netscape DIRECTORY SERVER 6.02 - ADMINISTRATOR Administrator's Manual

A Sample Directory Tree with Two Root Suffixes
Figure 3-2
You can also create root suffixes to exclude portions of your directory tree from
search operations. For example,
their European office from a search on the general
directory. To do this, they create two root suffixes. One root suffix corresponds to
the general
example.com
root suffix corresponds to the European branch of their directory tree,
l=europe,dc=example,dc=com
directory tree looks as illustrated in Figure 3-3.
Figure 3-3 A Sample Directory Tree with a Root Suffix Off Limits to Search Operations
Searches performed by client applications on the
Corporation's directory will not return entries from the
example.com
l=europe,dc=example,dc=com
suffix.
If Corporation decides that they want to include the entries in the
example.com
European branch of their directory tree in general searches, they would make the
European branch a sub suffix of the general branch. To do this, they create a root
suffix Corporation,
example.com
suffix beneath it for their European directory entries,
l=europe,dc=example,dc=com
directory tree would appear as illustrated in Figure 3-4.
example.com
Corporation directory tree,
. From a client application's perspective, the
branch of the directory, as it is a separate root
dc=example,dc=com
. From a client application's perspective, the
Chapter 3
Creating and Maintaining Suffixes
Corporation might want to exclude
Corporation
example.com
dc=example,dc=com
dc=example,dc=com
, and then create a sub
Configuring Directory Databases
, and one
branch of
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