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Terminal information in the LDAP directory. For an overview of the LDAP directory
structure and a reference of all SUSE Linux Enterprise Point of Service elements repre-
sented in the LDAP directory, refer to Chapter 10, The SUSE Linux Enterprise Point
of Service LDAP Directory (page 121).
Starting with an overview of mandatory LDAP objects and general command line options
for posAdmin.pl, in the following sections learn how to define objects for Branches
and Point of Service Terminals and how to manage image objects with posAdmin
.pl. Find out which posAdmin.pl options to use for modifying, removing or
querying LDAP entries and how to update hardware information for specific Point of
Service Terminals, if needed.
NOTE: Must and May Attributes for LDAP Objects
Each LDAP object has two types of attributes: must and may attributes. The
must attributes are the minimum requirements for an object. The may attributes
are optional. This table lists only those may attributes that are relevant to SUSE
Linux Enterprise Point of Service.
10.2.1 Mandatory LDAP Objects
When you run the posInitAdminserver.sh script to configure the LDAP direc-
tory on the Administration Server, the following objects are automatically created:
• Country
• Organization
• Locator Object (scHardware)
• Global Container (scRefObjectContainer)
• Default Distribution Container (scDistributionContainer)
• scPosImage object for the minimal image
With these objects in place, you must then use posAdmin to create the following
mandatory objects in the LDAP tree:
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