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Distributing Your Data
The suffixes that result contain the following entries:
The and suffixes are both root suffixes. The
o=NetscapeRoot dc=example,dc=com
other suffix, the
ou=testing,dc=example,dc=com
suffix and the
ou=development,dc=example,dc=com
suffix are all sub suffixes of
ou=partners,ou=development,dc=example,dc=com
the root suffix. The root suffix contains
dc=example,dc=com dc=example,dc=com
the data in the branch of the original directory tree.
ou=marketing,
Your directory might contain more than one root suffix. For example, an ISP called
might host several websites, one for and one for
Example example_a.com
. . The ISP would create two root suffixes, one corresponding to the
example_b com
naming context and one corresponding to the
o=example_a.com
naming context. The directory tree appears as follows:
o=example_b.com
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