Solaris Naming Administration Guide

Initial Context Bindings for Global Naming

The atomic name "..." (three dots) appears in the initial context of every FNS client. The atomic name "..." is bound to a context from which global names can be resolved.

Table 21-5 Initial Context Bindings for Global Naming


Atomic Name	Binding
`. ..`	Global context for resolving DNS or X.500 names
`/ ...`	Synonym for three dots

Global names can be either fully qualified Internet domain names, or X.500 distinguished names.

Internet domain names appear in the syntax specified by Internet RFC 1035. For example, .../doc.com. (See "Federating DNS".)
X.500 names appear in the syntax determined by the X/Open DCE Directory. For example, .../c=us/o=doc. (See "Federating X.500/LDAP".)

The names "..." and "/..." are equivalent when resolved in the initial context. For example, the names /.../c=us/o=doc and.../c=us/o=doc resolve in the initial context to the same object.