Initial Context Bindings for Global Naming (System Administration Guide: Naming and Directory Services (FNS and NIS+))

System Administration Guide: Naming and Directory Services (FNS and NIS+)

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 25–29 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.