Attributes

All attributes defined in the schema have one of the following syntaxes:

Distinguished name (dn)
Case-ignore string (cis)
  An alphanumeric string, not case-sensitive
Case-exact string (ces)
  A case-sensitive alphanumeric string
Telephone number (tel)
Integer (int)
Binary (bin)
Encrypted (protected)
  A value that has been encrypted using crypt(1)
UTC time (utctime)

The following list of attributes in the standard schema gives the attribute syntax, any alternative names, and explains how the attribute is used.


abstract

Syntax: cis

Purpose: A brief description of the document described by the entry.


ackedSequenceNumber

Syntax: ces

Purpose: A sequence number used during Legacy Mail directory synchronization.


ad

Syntax: cis

Purpose: The directory administration domain of the object described by the entry.


aliasedObjectName

Alternate name: aliasedEntryName

Syntax: dn

Purpose: The Distinguished Name (DN) of the entry for which the alias entry is an alias.


ansiOrgNumericCode

Syntax: cis

Purpose: A numeric code identifying the organization described in the entry.


assistant

Syntax: cis

Purpose: An assistant to the person described by the entry.


associatedDomain

Syntax: cis

Purpose: The domain with which the object described by this entry is associated.


associatedName

Syntax: dn

Purpose: The DN of an entry associated with this entry.


audio

Syntax: bin

Purpose: Sound information associated with the object described by the entry.


authorCN

Syntax: cis

Purpose: The common name of the author of a document described by the entry.


authorSN

Syntax: cis

Purpose: The surname of the author of a document described by the entry.


authorityRevocationList

Syntax: cis

Purpose: A list of certificates that have been revoked by the certification authority described in the entry, or that the certification authority knows have been revoked by other certification authorities.


authorizedDomain

Syntax: cis

Purpose: Domain name from which users are authorized to post to the list described by the entry.


authorizedSubmitter

Syntax: cis

Purpose: A registered user authorized to post messages to the list described by the entry.


autoMgt

Syntax: cis

Purpose: Whether or not the list described by the entry is managed automatically. The value is TRUE or FALSE.


buildingName

Syntax: cis

Purpose: The name of the building where the object described by the entry resides.


businessCategory

Syntax: cis

Purpose: The type of business of the object described by the entry.


cACertificate

Syntax: bin

Purpose: The public key of the certification authority described by the entry.


category

Syntax: cis

Purpose: The category of the service described by the entry.


cCMailAddress

Syntax: cis

Purpose: Used to route email messages through a Lotus cc:Mail channel. It stores a copy of the email addresses in the preferredCCMailOriginator and preferredCCMailRecipient attributes.


certificateRevocationList

Syntax: bin

Purpose: A list of certificates that have been revoked by the certification authority described by the entry, or that the certification authority knows have been revoked by other certification authorities.


channelName

Alternate name: ch

Syntax: cis

Purpose: The name of the Legacy Mail channel for the user described by the entry. Channel names are chosen for users by the system administrator.


channelType

Syntax: ces

Purpose: The type of the Legacy Mail channel for the user described in the entry. The value must be one of the following:

0 for cc:Mail users
1 for Microsoft Mail users
4 for an Internet mail users, mandatory for routing of messages
8 for IBM PROFS users

citation

Syntax: cis

Purpose: Information related to the source of the image described in the entry.


colorDepth

Syntax: cis

Purpose: The number of bits required to represent each pixel in the image described by the entry.


commonName

Alternate name: cn

Syntax: cis

Purpose: The full name of the user described by the entry.


copyright

Syntax: cis

Purpose: The copyright statement for the object described by the entry.


countryName

Alternate name: c

Syntax: cis

Purpose: The name of the country where the object described by the entry resides, or where a parent of the entry resides. Multinational corporations usually use the country of their headquarters as the country of the whole organization.


crossCertificatePair

Syntax: bin

Purpose: A pair of certificates, containing the public keys of the object described by the entry.


currentSequenceNumber

Syntax: ces

Purpose: A sequence number used during Legacy Mail directory synchronization.


dataSource

Syntax: cis

Purpose: The original data source or migration tool for data in the entry.


domainComponent

Alternate name: dc

Syntax: cis

Purpose: The name of the domain described by the entry.


departmentNumber

Syntax: cis

Purpose: A string identifying the department to which a user described by the entry belongs. The format is a local decision.


dependentUpon

Syntax: cis

Purpose: Identifies a service, device, or other item that is a prerequisite for the service described in the entry.


description

Syntax: cis

Purpose: The description of the entry object.


destinationIndicator

Syntax: cis

Purpose: The country and city addressing information for the object described by the entry.


dITRedirect

Syntax: cis

Purpose: Indicates that the object described by one entry now has a newer entry in the DIT. The entry containing the redirection attribute should be expired after a suitable grace period.


dNSRecord

Syntax: cis

Purpose: Used to store DNS record fields.


docConvPreference

Syntax: cis

Purpose: The preferred method for converting a document sent through the gateway described by the entry.


documentAuthor

Syntax: dn

Purpose: The author of the document described by the entry.


documentIdentifier

Syntax: cis

Purpose: A string identifying the document described by the entry.


documentLocation

Syntax: cis

Purpose: The location of the document described by the entry.


documentPublisher

Syntax: cis

Purpose: The publisher of the document described by the entry.


documentStore

Syntax: cis

Purpose: The location where the document described by the entry is stored.


documentTitle

Syntax: cis

Purpose: The title of the document described by the entry.


documentVersion

Syntax: cis

Purpose: The version number of the document described by the entry.


employeeNumber

Syntax: cis

Purpose: A number identifying the person described by the entry.


employeeType

Syntax: cis

Purpose: Information identifying the type of the employee (for example, Contractor) described by the entry.


errorsTo

Syntax: cis

Purpose: Distinguished name of an entry to which errors concerning the group described by this entry are sent.


expandable

Syntax: cis

Purpose: Whether the membership of the list described by the entry is visible (TRUE or FALSE).


facsimileTelephoneNumber

Alternate name: fax

Syntax: tel

Purpose: The fax telephone number of the object described by the entry.


fileFormat

Syntax: cis

Purpose: The file format of the image file described by the entry.


fileSize

Syntax: cis

Purpose: The size of the image file described by the entry.


fips55

Syntax: cis

Purpose: The FIPS 55 code identifying the place described by the entry.


fipsCountyNumericCode

Syntax: cis

Purpose: A numeric code identifying the US county where the object described by the entry resides.


fipsStateAlphaCode

Syntax: cis

Purpose: An alphabetic code identifying the US state where the object described by the entry resides.


fipsStateNumericCode

Syntax: cis

Purpose: A numeric code identifying the US state where the object described by the entry resides.


freeFormName

Syntax: cis

Purpose: The name of the person described by the entry.


generationQualifier

Syntax: cis

Purpose: Generation information, for example, Senior or III, to qualify the name of the user described by the entry.


givenName

Syntax: cis

Purpose: The given name of the person described by the entry.


homeDirectory

Syntax: ces

Purpose: The filesystem location of the home directory of the user described by the entry.


homeFacsimileTelephoneNumber

Syntax: tel

Purpose: The home fax number of the user described by the entry.


homePhone

Syntax: tel

Purpose: The home phone number of the user described by the entry.


homePostalAddress

Syntax: cis

Purpose: The home postal address of the user described by the entry.


host

Syntax: cis

Purpose: The host used by the object described by the entry.


hoursOfOperation

Syntax: cis

Purpose: The hours during which the service described by the entry is available.


imageFiles

Syntax: cis

Purpose: The name of a file containing the image described by the entry.


info

Syntax: cis

Purpose: General information relating to the object described by the entry.


initials

Syntax: cis

Purpose: The initials of the person described by the entry.


internationalISDNNumber

Syntax: cis

Purpose: The ISDN telephone number of the object described by the entry, including country and area codes.


joinable

Syntax: cis

Purpose: Whether or not users may add themselves to the list described by the entry (TRUE or FALSE).


jpegPhoto

Syntax: bin

Purpose: A photograph, in JPEG format, of, or associated with, the object described by the entry.


keywords

Syntax: cis

Purpose: Keywords associated with the object described by the entry.


knowledgeInformation

Syntax: cis

Purpose: The knowledge information (references to other directory servers) stored by the DSA described by the entry.


krbName

Syntax: cis

Purpose: The Kerberos name for the object described by the entry.


localityName

Alternate name: l

Syntax: cis

Purpose: The geographical locality of the object described by the entry.


labeledURI

Alternate name: labeledURL

Syntax: ces

Purpose: The Uniform Resource Identifier (URI) and label associated with the object described by the entry.


lastModifiedBy

Syntax: dn

Purpose: The distinguished name of the user who last modified the object described by the entry. Note that this is not the user who last modified the entry itself.


lastModifiedTime

Syntax: cis

Purpose: The date and time when the object described by the entry was last modified. Note that this is not the date and time at which the entry itself was modified.


lotusNotesAddresses

Syntax: cis

Purpose: The Lotus Notes electronic mail address of the user described by the entry.


preferredRfc822Originator

Alternate name: mail

Syntax: cis

Purpose: The advertised electronic mail address, in RFC822 format, of the user described by the entry.


mail11Addresses

Syntax: cis

Purpose: The Mail-11 electronic mail address of the user described by the entry.


mailAutoReplyExpirationDate

Syntax: cis

Purpose: At midnight on this date, disable auto-reply to email sent to the user described by the entry. The date must be in UTC format.


mailAutoReplyMode

Syntax: cis

Purpose: Mode of operation for the auto-reply facility (currently only vacation is supported) for the user described by the entry.


mailAutoReplySubject

Syntax: cis

Purpose: The subject line of an auto-reply message from the user described by the entry. If it contains the token $SUBJECT, it is replaced by the subject line of the incoming message.


mailAutoReplyText

Syntax: cis

Purpose: The body of an auto-reply message from the user described by the entry. If the text contains the tokens $SUBJECT or $BODY, they are replaced by the subject line or body from the incoming message. Use $ as the line-separator.


mailAutoReplyTextInternal

Syntax: cis

Purpose: The body of an auto-reply message from the user described by the entry, for use within the organization. If the text contains the tokens $SUBJECT or $BODY, they are replaced by the subject line or body from the incoming message. Use $ as the line-separator.


mailDeliveryFile

Syntax: ces

Purpose: The name of a file. Mail delivered to the user whose entry contains this attribute is appended to this file.


mailDeliveryOption

Syntax: cis

Purpose: Mandatory attribute to allow routing and delivery of messages; delivery routing options include:

mailbox-Deliver mail to the message store mailbox specified by the mailStore attribute
shared-Deliver mail to the message store shared-mailbox specified by the mailStore attribute
native-Deliver mail to a mail file directory specified in a UNIX file system mailbox
autoreply-Deliver mail to an auto-reply facility (for example, vacation mail)
program-Deliver mail to the UNIX system program specified by the mailProgramDeliveryInfo attribute
forward-Forward mail to the address specified by the mailForwardingAddress attribute
file-Append mail to the file specified by the mailDeliveryFile attribute

Email received by the user described by the entry is delivered according to the options selected.


mailFolderMap

Syntax: cis

Purpose: Is the message store for a user's mail folders. The value must be one of the following:

UNIX V7-UNIX V7 message store (also known as the /var/mail message store)
Sun-MS-Sun Internet Mail message store

mailForwardingAddress

Syntax: cis

Purpose: Forward mail received by the user described by the entry to the specified email address (RFC-822 format).


mailHost

Syntax: cis

Purpose: The hostname of the SMTP/MIME mail server of the user described by the entry, including the full domain name. This hostname is a mandatory attribute for message routing and delivery, or the mail server hostname responsible for expanding the list.


mailMessageStore

Syntax: ces

Purpose: The filesystem location for the user's inbox as described by the attribute.


mailProgramDeliveryInfo

Syntax: ces

Purpose: One or more commands, with arguments, to be executed when a message is delivered to the user whose entry contains this attribute if the attribute mailDeliveryOptions contains the value program. This attribute is enabled if the mail delivery option='program.'


mailQuota

Syntax: cis

Purpose: The maximum size (in bytes) of the message store of the user described by the entry. A value of-1 denotes an unlimited message store.


manager

Syntax: dn

Purpose: The Distinguished Name (DN) of the manager of the person or object described by the entry.


maxLastModifiedTime

Syntax: cis

Purpose: A time stamp used during Legacy Mail directory synchronization.


member

Syntax: dn

Purpose: The distinguished name of a member of the distribution list described by the entry.


memberOfGroup

Syntax: cis

Purpose: The distinguished name of a list that has this object as a member.


mobiletelephoneNumber

Alternate name: mobile

Syntax: tel

Purpose: The telephone number of the mobile phone used by the person described in the entry.


moderator

Syntax: cis

Purpose: The DN of a moderator for the list described by the entry.


mrAddresses

Syntax: cis

Purpose: The address of a user of the MR mail system.


mSMailAddresses

Syntax: cis

Purpose: Used to route email messages through a Microsoft Mail channel. It stores a copy of the email addresses in the preferredMSMailOriginator and preferredMSMailRecipient attributes.


multiLineDescription

Syntax: cis

Purpose: A multi-line description of the object described by the entry.


nadfSearchGuide

Syntax: cis

Purpose: Information to facilitate searching for information contained in the entry.


nGM70Addresses

Syntax: cis

Purpose: The electronic mail address of a user of the NGM70 mail system.


nGMAddresses

Syntax: cis

Purpose: The electronic mail address of a user of the NGM mail system.


notice

Syntax: cis

Purpose: The notice for the list described by the entry.


objectClass

Syntax: cis

Purpose: The object class of the type of entry.


objectStatus

Syntax: cis

Purpose: Used during Legacy Mail directory synchronization to denote a deleted entry.


obsoletedByDocument

Syntax: cis

Purpose: Information identifying a document that makes the document described in the entry obsolete.


obsoletesDocument

Syntax: cis

Purpose: Information identifying a document that is made obsolete by the document described in the entry.


organizationName

Alternate name: o

Syntax: cis

Purpose: The name of the organization to which the object described by the entry belongs.


organizationalUnitName

Alternate name: ou

Syntax: cis

Purpose: The name of the organizational unit to which the object described by the entry belongs.


owner

Syntax: dn

Purpose: The distinguished name of an entry describing the person responsible for the distribution list described by the entry.


ownerDeliveryFile

Syntax: ces

Purpose: The name of file to which mail addressed to the owner of the distribution list described by the entry is appended.


ownerDeliveryOption

Syntax: ces

Purpose: Delivery options for mail addressed to owner-listname. The values must be one of the following:

mailbox-Deliver mail to a message store mailbox
shared-Deliver mail to a message store shared mailbox
native-Deliver mail to a UNIX filesystem mailbox
autoreply-Deliver mail to the autoreply facility, such as a vacation mailer
program-Deliver mail to the UNIX program specified as the value of the attribute ownerProgramDeliveryInfo
forward-Forward mail to another recipient
file-Append mail to the file specified as a value of the attribute ownerDeliveryFile

ownerProgramDeliveryInfo

Syntax: cis

Purpose: Mail addressed to the owner of a distribution list is delivered to this program. Specifies one or more commands, with arguments, to use in program delivery. Use $ as the line-separator.


pagertelephonenumber

Alternate name: pager

Syntax: tel

Purpose: The telephone number of the pager of the person described by the entry.


personalTitle

Syntax: cis

Purpose: The title of the person described by the entry, for example, Doctor or Ms.


photo

Syntax: bin

Purpose: A photograph of, or associated with, the object described by the entry.


physicalDeliveryOfficeName

Syntax: cis

Purpose: The mailstop of the object described by the entry.


platform

Syntax: cis

Purpose: The operating system on which the service described by the entry is provided.


postalAddress

Syntax: cis

Purpose: The postal address of the object described by the entry.


postalCode

Syntax: cis

Purpose: The postal code of the object described by the entry.


postOfficeBox

Syntax: cis

Purpose: The post office box of the object described by the entry.


predominantColor

Syntax: cis

Purpose: The predominant color uses in the image described by the entry.


preferredCCMailOriginator

Syntax: cis

Purpose: The email address for routing through a Lotus cc:Mail channel.


preferredCCMailRecipient

Syntax: cis

Purpose: The native Lotus cc:Mail address.


preferredDeliveryMethod

Syntax: cis

Purpose: Preferred delivery method for communication with the object described by the entry.


preferredLotusNotesOriginator

Syntax: cis

Purpose: The email address used for routing through a Lotus Notes channel.


preferredLotusNotesRecipient

Syntax: cis

Purpose: The native Lotus Notes mail address.


preferredMail11Originator

Syntax: cis

Purpose: The email address used for routing through a Mail-11 channel.


preferredMail11Recipient

Syntax: cis

Purpose: The native Mail-11 mail address.


preferredMrOriginator

Syntax: cis

Purpose: The email address used for routing through a Mail Relay (MR) channel.


preferredMrRecipient

Syntax: cis

Purpose: The native MR mail address.


preferredMSMailOriginator

Syntax: cis

Purpose: The email address for routing through a Microsoft Mail channel.


preferredMSMailRecipient

Syntax: cis

Purpose: The native Microsoft Mail address.


preferredNGM70Originator

Syntax: cis

Purpose: The email address used for routing through a Novell Groupewise Mail 7.0 (NGM70) channel.


preferredNGM70Recipient

Syntax: cis

Purpose: The native NGM70 address.


preferredNGMOriginator

Syntax: cis

Purpose: The email address used for routing through a Novell Groupewise Mail (NGM) channel.


preferredPROFSOriginator

Syntax: cis

Purpose: The email address for routing through an IBM PROFS channel.


preferredPROFSRecipient

Syntax: cis

Purpose: The native IBM PROFS address.


preferredRfc822Recipient

Syntax: cis

Purpose: The user's canonical email address (RFC-822 format).


presentationAddress

Syntax: cis

Purpose: The presentation address of the object described by the entry.


product

Syntax: cis

Purpose: A product used to provide the service described by the entry.


pROFSAddresses

Syntax: cis

Purpose: Used to route email messages through an IBM PROFS channel. It stores a copy of the email addresses in the preferredPROFSOriginator and preferredPROFSRecipient attributes.


provider

Syntax: cis

Purpose: The entity that provides the service described in the entry.


ratingDescription

Syntax: cis

Purpose: Describes the rating given to a service.


ratingTime

Syntax: cis

Purpose: The date at which a service rating occurred.


registeredAddress

Syntax: cis

Purpose: The registered postal address of the entity described by the entry.


reportsTo

Syntax: cis

Purpose: The name of the manager of the user described by the entry.


requestsTo

Syntax: cis

Purpose: The distinguished name of the entity to which requests to be added to the distribution list described by the entry are sent.


requestsToDeliveryFile

Syntax: ces

Purpose: The name of a file to which requests to be added to the distribution list described by the entry are appended.


requestsToDeliveryOption

Syntax: cis

Purpose: One or more delivery options for mail addressed to listname-request:

mailbox-Deliver mail to a message store mailbox
shared-Deliver mail to a message store shared-mailbox
native-Deliver mail to a UNIX filesystem mailbox
autoreply-Deliver mail to an auto-reply facility (for example, vacation mail)
program-Deliver mail to a UNIX system program
forward-Forward mail to another address
file-Append mail to a file

requestsToProgramDeliveryInfo

Syntax: ces

Purpose: Mail addressed to listname-request is delivered to this program. Specifies one or more commands, with arguments, to use in program delivery. Use $ as the line-separator.


resolution

Syntax: cis

Purpose: The resolution of the image contained in the file described by the entry.


rfc822AuthorizedSubmitter

Syntax: cis

Purpose: The email addresses of users authorized to post to the list.


rfc822ErrorsTo

Syntax: cis

Purpose: The email address that is notified when mail sent to a distribution list is undeliverable.


rfc822Mailbox

Syntax: cis

Purpose: Stores all the email addresses (RFC-822 format) defined for the user. It stores a copy of the email addresses in the mail and preferredRfc822Recipient attributes.


rfc822MailMember

Syntax: cis

Purpose: Stores the email addresses (RFC-822 format) defined for members of the list.


rfc822Owner

Syntax: cis

Purpose: The email addresses of the owner of the list.


rfc822RequestsTo

Syntax: cis

Purpose: The email address to which requests to be added to the list are sent.


rfc822UnauthorizedSubmitter

Syntax: cis

Purpose: The email addresses of users not permitted to post to the list.


roleOccupant

Syntax: cis

Purpose: Information identifying the object or person fulfilling the role described by the entry.


roomNumber

Syntax: cis

Purpose: The number of the room where the object described by the entry is located.


searchGuide

Syntax: cis

Purpose: Information to facilitate searching for information contained in the entry.


secretary

Syntax: dn

Purpose: The Distinguished Name (DN) of the secretary of the person or organization described by the entry.


seeAlso

Syntax: dn

Purpose: The DN of an entry that contains information that is also of interest to anyone interested in the object described by this entry.


serialNumber

Syntax: cis

Purpose: The serial number of the device described by the entry.


serviceArea

Syntax: cis

Purpose: Defines a type of service.


serviceRating

Syntax: cis

Purpose: Provides a rating of a service.


surname

Alternate name: sn

Syntax: cis

Purpose: The surname of the person described by the entry.


stateOrProvinceName

Alternate name: st

Syntax: cis

Purpose: The name of the state, province, or geographical area within a country where the object described by the entry resides.


streetAddress

Alternate name: street

Syntax: cis

Purpose: A street name and number.


subject

Syntax: cis

Purpose: The subject of the document described by the entry.


supplementaryInformation

Syntax: cis

Purpose: Additional information concerning the object described by the entry.


supportedApplicationContext

Syntax: cis

Purpose: An application context supported by the application entity described by the entry.


suppressNoEmailError

Syntax: cis

Purpose: Prevent delivery of No Email errors (TRUE or FALSE).


telephoneNumber

Syntax: tel

Purpose: Telephone number (in international format).


teletexTerminalIdentifier

Syntax: cis

Purpose: The teletex terminal identifier and, optionally, parameters for a teletex terminal associated with the object described by the entry.


telexNumber

Syntax: cis

Purpose: Telex number, country code and answerback code of a telex terminal. Dollar-separated string.


textEncodedORaddress

Syntax: cis

Purpose: The X.400 electronic mail originator/recipient address (ORAddress) of the user described in the entry.


title

Syntax: cis

Purpose: The title of the person described by the entry, for example, Doctor, or Ms.


ttl

Syntax: cis

Purpose: Specifies the time-to-live (ttl) of a cached object.


unauthorizedDomain

Syntax: cis

Purpose: A domain name from which users are not permitted to post to the list.


unauthorizedSubmitter

Syntax: cis

Purpose: The registered users not permitted to post messages to the list.


uniqueIdentifier

Syntax: cis

Purpose: A unique identifier for the object described by the entry.


updatedByDocument

Syntax: cis

Purpose: Information identifying a document that updates the document described by the entry.


updatesDocument

Syntax: cis

Purpose: Information identifying a document that is updated by the document described by the entry.


userCertificate

Syntax: bin

Purpose: A certificate containing the public key of the user described by the entry.


userCertificate;binary

Syntax: bin

Purpose: A certificate containing the public key of the user described by the entry, in binary format.


userDefinedAttribute1

Syntax: cis

Purpose: Attribute for use by the user.


userDefinedAttribute2

Syntax: cis

Purpose: Attribute for use by the user.


userDefinedAttribute3

Syntax: cis

Purpose: Attribute for use by the user.


userDefinedAttribute4

Syntax: cis

Purpose: Attribute for use by the user.


userPassword

Syntax: protected

Purpose: The password of the user described by the entry that is used to gain access to the entry.


userid

Alternate name: uid

Syntax: cis

Purpose: The user ID of the user described by the entry; used to enable routing of mandatory messages and delivery.


width

Syntax: cis

Purpose: The width of the image contained in the image file described by the entry.


x121Address

Syntax: cis

Purpose: An address as defined by ITU Recommendation X.121.


x500uniqueIdentifier

Syntax: cis

Purpose: A unique identifier for the object described by the entry.




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