access control instruction (ACI)
authentication password syntax
authorization identity control
Common Development and Distribution License
deprecated password storage scheme
Directory Services Markup Language
entry change notification control
extensible match search filter
greater than or equal to search filter
less than or equal to search filter
Lightweight Directory Access Protocol
notice of disconnection unsolicited notification
Password Modify extended operation
Simple Authentication and Security Layer
virtual attributes only control
The directory information tree, or DIT, refers to the hierarchical structure of the data in a Directory Server. The DIT contains one or more naming contexts, which are the base entries for the server, and every other entry is descended from one of those naming context entries. That is, a naming context entry is special in that it does not have a parent entry.
The following is a graphical example of a DIT: