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Definitions of standard DN components (Continued)
Table A-1
Component
Name
L
Locality
ST
State or province
name
C
Country
DC
Domain component

Root Distinguished Name

The root distinguished name, or root DN, is the first, or top-most, entry in an LDAP
directory tree. In Netscape Directory Server, the root DN is commonly referred to
as the directory manager. By default, the root DN uses no suffix; it is simply a
common name attribute-data pair:
entry's DN could look like this:
C=US

Base Distinguished Name

The base distinguished name, or base DN, identifies the entry in the directory from
which searches initiated by LDAP clients occur; the base DN is often referred to as
the search base. For example, if you specify a base DN of
O=siroe.com
examines only the
Definition
Identifies the place where the entry resides. The locality can be a
city, county, township, or other geographic region. For example:
• L=Mountain View
• L=Pacific Northwest
• L=Anoka County
Identifies the state or province in which the entry resides. For
example:
• ST=California
• ST=British Columbia
Identifies the name of the country under which the entry resides.
For example:
• C=US
• C=GB
Identifies the domain components of a domain. For example, if the
domain is siroe.com, the domain components would be:
• dc=siroe, dc=com
.
for a client, the LDAP search operation initiated by the client
OU=people
CN=Directory Manager
CN=Directory Manager, O=Siroe Corporation,
subtree in the
O=siroe.com
What Is a Distinguished Name?
. For example, the root
OU=people,
directory tree.
Appendix A
Distinguished Names
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