Appendix A Distinguished Name Attributes and Syntax
a user's name or user ID
an organization name
a country designation
Separate attributes with a comma. If a distinguished name contains a comma, then the part of the name that uses the comma must also be enclosed in double-quotation marks. For example, to include the string Ace Industry, Corp in a distinguished name, use the form
Attributes must match directory schema. If you are using the Netscape Directory Server and schema checking is turned on, then use attributes that can be recognized by the Directory Server and are allowed by the entry's object classes.
Specify attributes in the same sequence or path. Remember that a DN represents a path through a directory tree. For example, the directory server does not recognize these two entries as representing the same user:
User ID must be unique. If duplicate user IDs exist in your directory, the affected users will not be able to authenticate to the directory. If you use the ldapmodify command line utility to create a user, the utility will not check for duplicate user IDs.