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Foil 22 LDAP (8)

From Directory Services for the Internet CPS714 Computational Science Information Track -- June 7 99. by Roman Markowski
1 Directory Tree - visualized as tree-like structure
  • (LDAP server can manage more than one directory tree)
2 Distinguished Name - uniquely identifies a directory entry:
  • comma separated "attributes" and "values"
  • uid=roman,ou=people,o=npac.syr.edu
3 Relative Distinguished Name - the left-most value
  • uid=roman
4 Suffix - identifies directory-tree's root entry
  • o=npac.syr.edu
5 Root Distinguished Name (treated as directory super-user)
  • cn=Directory Manager (default)
6 Root Entry - first entry in the directory tree
  • o=npac.syr.edu
7 Base DN - search point, entry from which search will occur
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