Organizational Unit Entries in LDIF (Sun Java System Directory Server Enterprise Edition 6.2 Reference)

Sun Java System Directory Server Enterprise Edition 6.2 Reference

Organizational Unit Entries in LDIF

In a directory tree, an organizational unit represents a major subdirectory. A directory tree usually contains more than one organizational unit. An LDIF file that defines an organizational unit entry must appear as follows:

dn: distinguished_name
objectClass: top
objectClass: organizationalUnit
ou: organizational_unit_namelist_of_optional_attributes...

The following example shows an organizational unit entry in LDIF format:

dn: ou=people, o=example.com
objectclass: top
objectclass: organizationalUnit
ou: people
description: Fictional organizational unit for example purposes

The following table defines each element of the organizational unit entry.

Table 13–3 Organizational Unit Entries in LDIF


LDIF Element	Description
`dn:` `distinguished_name`	Required. Specifies the distinguished name for the entry. If there is a comma in the DN, the comma must be escaped with a backslash (\). For example: `dn: ou=people,o=example.com Bolivia\,S.A.`
`objectClass: top`	Required. Specifies the `top` object class.
`objectClass: organizationalUnit`	Specifies the `organizationalUnit` object class. This line defines the entry as an `organizationalUnit.`
`ou:` `organizational_unit_name`	Specifies an attribute containing the name of the organizational unit.
`list_of_attributes`	Specifies the list of optional attributes that maintain for the entry.