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

Oracle Fusion Middleware Reference for Oracle Directory Server Enterprise Edition

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 4–3 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.