Organization Entries in LDIF (Oracle Fusion Middleware Reference for Oracle Directory Server Enterprise Edition)

Oracle Fusion Middleware Reference for Oracle Directory Server Enterprise Edition

Organization Entries in LDIF

Directories often have at least one organization entry. Typically the organization entry is the first, or topmost entry in the directory. The organization entry often corresponds to the suffix set for the directory. For example, a directory defined to use a suffix of o=example.com will probably have an organization entry named o=example.com.

The LDIF that defines an organization entry should appear as follows:

dn: distinguished_name
objectClass: top 
objectClass: organization
o: organization_namelist_of_optional_attributes...

The following is an example organization entry in LDIF format:

dn: o=example.com
objectclass: top
objectclass: organization
o: example.com Corporation
description: Fictional company for example purposes
telephonenumber: 555-5555

The organization name in the following example uses a comma:

dn: o=example.com Chile\, S.A.
objectclass: top
objectclass: organization
o: example.com Chile\, S.A.
description: Fictional company for example purposes
telephonenumber: 555-5556

The following table describes each element of the organization entry.

Table 4–2 Organization Entries in LDIF


LDIF Element	Description
`dn:` `distinguished_name`	Required. Specifies the distinguished name for the entry.
`objectClass: top`	Required. Specifies the top object class.
`objectClass: organization`	Specifies the organization object class. This line defines the entry as an organization.
`o:` `organization_name`	Specifies the organization’s name. If the organization name includes a comma, you must escape the comma by a single backslash or the entire organization argument must be enclosed in quotation marks. However, if you are working with a UNIX shell, you must also escape the backslash. Therefore, you must use two back slashes. For example, to set the suffix to `example.com Bolivia, S.A.` you would enter `o: example.com Bolivia\, S.A.`.
`list_of_attributes`	Specifies the list of optional attributes that you want to maintain for the entry.