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displayName

inetOrgPerson attribute type

Synopsis

( 2.16.840.1.113730.3.1.241
 NAME 'displayName'
 DESC 'inetOrgPerson attribute type'
 SYNTAX 1.3.6.1.4.1.1466.115.121.1.15
 SINGLE-VALUE
 X-ORIGIN 'inetOrgPerson Internet Draft' )

Description

Preferred name of a person to be used when displaying entries. Especially useful in displaying a preferred name for an entry within a one-line summary list. Since other attribute types, such as cn, are multi-valued, they cannot be used to display a preferred name.

Syntax

Directory String, single-valued.

Examples

displayName: Michigan Smith

Attributes

See attributes(5) for descriptions of the following attributes:

ATTRIBUTE TYPE	ATTRIBUTE VALUE
Availability	SUNWdsee7
Stability Level	External: IETF, RFC 2798 (http://www.ietf.org/rfc/rfc2798.txt)