All attributes defined in the schema have one of the following syntaxes:
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Distinguished name (dn) |
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Case-ignore string (cis) |
An alphanumeric string, not case-sensitive |
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Case-exact string (ces) |
A case-sensitive alphanumeric string |
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Telephone number (tel) |
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Integer (int) |
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Binary (bin) |
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Encrypted (protected) |
A value that has been encrypted using crypt(1) |
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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.
Syntax: cis
Purpose: A brief description of the document described by the entry.
Syntax: ces
Purpose: A sequence number used during Legacy Mail directory synchronization.
Syntax: cis
Purpose: The directory administration domain of the object described by the entry.
Alternate name: aliasedEntryName
Syntax: dn
Purpose: The Distinguished Name (DN) of the entry for which the alias entry is an alias.
Syntax: cis
Purpose: A numeric code identifying the organization described in the entry.
Syntax: cis
Purpose: An assistant to the person described by the entry.
Syntax: cis
Purpose: The domain with which the object described by this entry is associated.
Syntax: dn
Purpose: The DN of an entry associated with this entry.
Syntax: bin
Purpose: Sound information associated with the object described by the entry.
Syntax: cis
Purpose: The common name of the author of a document described by the entry.
Syntax: cis
Purpose: The surname of the author of a document described by the entry.
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Purpose: A list of certificates that have been revoked by the certification authority described in the entry, or that the certification authority knows have been revoked by other certification authorities.
Syntax: cis
Purpose: Domain name from which users are authorized to post to the list described by the entry.
Syntax: cis
Purpose: A registered user authorized to post messages to the list described by the entry.
Syntax: cis
Purpose: Whether or not the list described by the entry is managed automatically. The value is TRUE or FALSE.
Syntax: cis
Purpose: The name of the building where the object described by the entry resides.
Syntax: cis
Purpose: The type of business of the object described by the entry.
Syntax: bin
Purpose: The public key of the certification authority described by the entry.
Syntax: cis
Purpose: The category of the service described by the entry.
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.
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.
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.
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:
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0 for cc:Mail users |
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1 for Microsoft Mail users |
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4 for an Internet mail users, mandatory for routing of messages |
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8 for IBM PROFS users |
Syntax: cis
Purpose: Information related to the source of the image described in the entry.
Syntax: cis
Purpose: The number of bits required to represent each pixel in the image described by the entry.
Alternate name: cn
Syntax: cis
Purpose: The full name of the user described by the entry.
Syntax: cis
Purpose: The copyright statement for the object described by the entry.
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.
Syntax: bin
Purpose: A pair of certificates, containing the public keys of the object described by the entry.
Syntax: ces
Purpose: A sequence number used during Legacy Mail directory synchronization.
Syntax: cis
Purpose: The original data source or migration tool for data in the entry.
Alternate name: dc
Syntax: cis
Purpose: The name of the domain described by the entry.
Syntax: cis
Purpose: A string identifying the department to which a user described by the entry belongs. The format is a local decision.
Syntax: cis
Purpose: Identifies a service, device, or other item that is a prerequisite for the service described in the entry.
Syntax: cis
Purpose: The description of the entry object.
Syntax: cis
Purpose: The country and city addressing information for the object described by the entry.
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.
Syntax: cis
Purpose: Used to store DNS record fields.
Syntax: cis
Purpose: The preferred method for converting a document sent through the gateway described by the entry.
Syntax: dn
Purpose: The author of the document described by the entry.
Syntax: cis
Purpose: A string identifying the document described by the entry.
Syntax: cis
Purpose: The location of the document described by the entry.
Syntax: cis
Purpose: The publisher of the document described by the entry.
Syntax: cis
Purpose: The location where the document described by the entry is stored.
Syntax: cis
Purpose: The title of the document described by the entry.
Syntax: cis
Purpose: The version number of the document described by the entry.
Syntax: cis
Purpose: A number identifying the person described by the entry.
Syntax: cis
Purpose: Information identifying the type of the employee (for example, Contractor) described by the entry.
Syntax: cis
Purpose: Distinguished name of an entry to which errors concerning the group described by this entry are sent.
Syntax: cis
Purpose: Whether the membership of the list described by the entry is visible (TRUE or FALSE).
Alternate name: fax
Syntax: tel
Purpose: The fax telephone number of the object described by the entry.
Syntax: cis
Purpose: The file format of the image file described by the entry.
Syntax: cis
Purpose: The size of the image file described by the entry.
Syntax: cis
Purpose: The FIPS 55 code identifying the place described by the entry.
Syntax: cis
Purpose: A numeric code identifying the US county where the object described by the entry resides.
Syntax: cis
Purpose: An alphabetic code identifying the US state where the object described by the entry resides.
Syntax: cis
Purpose: A numeric code identifying the US state where the object described by the entry resides.
Syntax: cis
Purpose: The name of the person described by the entry.
Syntax: cis
Purpose: Generation information, for example, Senior or III, to qualify the name of the user described by the entry.
Syntax: cis
Purpose: The given name of the person described by the entry.
Syntax: ces
Purpose: The filesystem location of the home directory of the user described by the entry.
Syntax: tel
Purpose: The home fax number of the user described by the entry.
Syntax: tel
Purpose: The home phone number of the user described by the entry.
Syntax: cis
Purpose: The home postal address of the user described by the entry.
Syntax: cis
Purpose: The host used by the object described by the entry.
Syntax: cis
Purpose: The hours during which the service described by the entry is available.
Syntax: cis
Purpose: The name of a file containing the image described by the entry.
Syntax: cis
Purpose: General information relating to the object described by the entry.
Syntax: cis
Purpose: The initials of the person described by the entry.
Syntax: cis
Purpose: The ISDN telephone number of the object described by the entry, including country and area codes.
Syntax: cis
Purpose: Whether or not users may add themselves to the list described by the entry (TRUE or FALSE).
Syntax: bin
Purpose: A photograph, in JPEG format, of, or associated with, the object described by the entry.
Syntax: cis
Purpose: Keywords associated with the object described by the entry.
Syntax: cis
Purpose: The knowledge information (references to other directory servers) stored by the DSA described by the entry.
Syntax: cis
Purpose: The Kerberos name for the object described by the entry.
Alternate name: l
Syntax: cis
Purpose: The geographical locality of the object described by the entry.
Alternate name: labeledURL
Syntax: ces
Purpose: The Uniform Resource Identifier (URI) and label associated with the object described by the entry.
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.
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.
Syntax: cis
Purpose: The Lotus Notes electronic mail address of the user described by the entry.
Alternate name: mail
Syntax: cis
Purpose: The advertised electronic mail address, in RFC822 format, of the user described by the entry.
Syntax: cis
Purpose: The Mail-11 electronic mail address of the user described by the entry.
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.
Syntax: cis
Purpose: Mode of operation for the auto-reply facility (currently only vacation is supported) for the user described by the entry.
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.
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.
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.
Syntax: ces
Purpose: The name of a file. Mail delivered to the user whose entry contains this attribute is appended to this file.
Syntax: cis
Purpose: Mandatory attribute to allow routing and delivery of messages; delivery routing options include:
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mailbox-Deliver mail to the message store mailbox specified by the mailStore attribute |
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shared-Deliver mail to the message store shared-mailbox specified by the mailStore attribute |
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native-Deliver mail to a mail file directory specified in a UNIX file system mailbox |
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autoreply-Deliver mail to an auto-reply facility (for example, vacation mail) |
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program-Deliver mail to the UNIX system program specified by the mailProgramDeliveryInfo attribute |
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forward-Forward mail to the address specified by the mailForwardingAddress attribute |
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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.
Syntax: cis
Purpose: Is the message store for a user's mail folders. The value must be one of the following:
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UNIX V7-UNIX V7 message store (also known as the /var/mail message store) |
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Sun-MS-Sun Internet Mail message store |
Syntax: cis
Purpose: Forward mail received by the user described by the entry to the specified email address (RFC-822 format).
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.
Syntax: ces
Purpose: The filesystem location for the user's inbox as described by the attribute.
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.'
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.
Syntax: dn
Purpose: The Distinguished Name (DN) of the manager of the person or object described by the entry.
Syntax: cis
Purpose: A time stamp used during Legacy Mail directory synchronization.
Syntax: dn
Purpose: The distinguished name of a member of the distribution list described by the entry.
Syntax: cis
Purpose: The distinguished name of a list that has this object as a member.
Alternate name: mobile
Syntax: tel
Purpose: The telephone number of the mobile phone used by the person described in the entry.
Syntax: cis
Purpose: The DN of a moderator for the list described by the entry.
Syntax: cis
Purpose: The address of a user of the MR mail system.
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.
Syntax: cis
Purpose: A multi-line description of the object described by the entry.
Syntax: cis
Purpose: Information to facilitate searching for information contained in the entry.
Syntax: cis
Purpose: The electronic mail address of a user of the NGM70 mail system.
Syntax: cis
Purpose: The electronic mail address of a user of the NGM mail system.
Syntax: cis
Purpose: The notice for the list described by the entry.
Syntax: cis
Purpose: The object class of the type of entry.
Syntax: cis
Purpose: Used during Legacy Mail directory synchronization to denote a deleted entry.
Syntax: cis
Purpose: Information identifying a document that makes the document described in the entry obsolete.
Syntax: cis
Purpose: Information identifying a document that is made obsolete by the document described in the entry.
Alternate name: o
Syntax: cis
Purpose: The name of the organization to which the object described by the entry belongs.
Alternate name: ou
Syntax: cis
Purpose: The name of the organizational unit to which the object described by the entry belongs.
Syntax: dn
Purpose: The distinguished name of an entry describing the person responsible for the distribution list described by the entry.
Syntax: ces
Purpose: The name of file to which mail addressed to the owner of the distribution list described by the entry is appended.
Syntax: ces
Purpose: Delivery options for mail addressed to owner-listname. The values must be one of the following:
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mailbox-Deliver mail to a message store mailbox |
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shared-Deliver mail to a message store shared mailbox |
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native-Deliver mail to a UNIX filesystem mailbox |
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autoreply-Deliver mail to the autoreply facility, such as a vacation mailer |
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program-Deliver mail to the UNIX program specified as the value of the attribute ownerProgramDeliveryInfo |
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forward-Forward mail to another recipient |
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file-Append mail to the file specified as a value of the attribute ownerDeliveryFile |
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.
Alternate name: pager
Syntax: tel
Purpose: The telephone number of the pager of the person described by the entry.
Syntax: cis
Purpose: The title of the person described by the entry, for example, Doctor or Ms.
Syntax: bin
Purpose: A photograph of, or associated with, the object described by the entry.
Syntax: cis
Purpose: The mailstop of the object described by the entry.
Syntax: cis
Purpose: The operating system on which the service described by the entry is provided.
Syntax: cis
Purpose: The postal address of the object described by the entry.
Syntax: cis
Purpose: The postal code of the object described by the entry.
Syntax: cis
Purpose: The post office box of the object described by the entry.
Syntax: cis
Purpose: The predominant color uses in the image described by the entry.
Syntax: cis
Purpose: The email address for routing through a Lotus cc:Mail channel.
Syntax: cis
Purpose: The native Lotus cc:Mail address.
Syntax: cis
Purpose: Preferred delivery method for communication with the object described by the entry.
Syntax: cis
Purpose: The email address used for routing through a Lotus Notes channel.
Syntax: cis
Purpose: The native Lotus Notes mail address.
Syntax: cis
Purpose: The email address used for routing through a Mail-11 channel.
Syntax: cis
Purpose: The native Mail-11 mail address.
Syntax: cis
Purpose: The email address used for routing through a Mail Relay (MR) channel.
Syntax: cis
Purpose: The native MR mail address.
Syntax: cis
Purpose: The email address for routing through a Microsoft Mail channel.
Syntax: cis
Purpose: The native Microsoft Mail address.
Syntax: cis
Purpose: The email address used for routing through a Novell Groupewise Mail 7.0 (NGM70) channel.
Syntax: cis
Purpose: The native NGM70 address.
Syntax: cis
Purpose: The email address used for routing through a Novell Groupewise Mail (NGM) channel.
Syntax: cis
Purpose: The email address for routing through an IBM PROFS channel.
Syntax: cis
Purpose: The native IBM PROFS address.
Syntax: cis
Purpose: The user's canonical email address (RFC-822 format).
Syntax: cis
Purpose: The presentation address of the object described by the entry.
Syntax: cis
Purpose: A product used to provide the service described by the entry.
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.
Syntax: cis
Purpose: The entity that provides the service described in the entry.
Syntax: cis
Purpose: Describes the rating given to a service.
Syntax: cis
Purpose: The date at which a service rating occurred.
Syntax: cis
Purpose: The registered postal address of the entity described by the entry.
Syntax: cis
Purpose: The name of the manager of the user described by the entry.
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.
Syntax: ces
Purpose: The name of a file to which requests to be added to the distribution list described by the entry are appended.
Syntax: cis
Purpose: One or more delivery options for mail addressed to listname-request:
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mailbox-Deliver mail to a message store mailbox |
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shared-Deliver mail to a message store shared-mailbox |
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native-Deliver mail to a UNIX filesystem mailbox |
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autoreply-Deliver mail to an auto-reply facility (for example, vacation mail) |
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program-Deliver mail to a UNIX system program |
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forward-Forward mail to another address |
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file-Append mail to a file |
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.
Syntax: cis
Purpose: The resolution of the image contained in the file described by the entry.
Syntax: cis
Purpose: The email addresses of users authorized to post to the list.
Syntax: cis
Purpose: The email address that is notified when mail sent to a distribution list is undeliverable.
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.
Syntax: cis
Purpose: Stores the email addresses (RFC-822 format) defined for members of the list.
Syntax: cis
Purpose: The email addresses of the owner of the list.
Syntax: cis
Purpose: The email address to which requests to be added to the list are sent.
Syntax: cis
Purpose: The email addresses of users not permitted to post to the list.
Syntax: cis
Purpose: Information identifying the object or person fulfilling the role described by the entry.
Syntax: cis
Purpose: The number of the room where the object described by the entry is located.
Syntax: cis
Purpose: Information to facilitate searching for information contained in the entry.
Syntax: dn
Purpose: The Distinguished Name (DN) of the secretary of the person or organization described by the entry.
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.
Syntax: cis
Purpose: The serial number of the device described by the entry.
Syntax: cis
Purpose: Defines a type of service.
Syntax: cis
Purpose: Provides a rating of a service.
Alternate name: sn
Syntax: cis
Purpose: The surname of the person described by the entry.
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.
Alternate name: street
Syntax: cis
Purpose: A street name and number.
Syntax: cis
Purpose: The subject of the document described by the entry.
Syntax: cis
Purpose: Additional information concerning the object described by the entry.
Syntax: cis
Purpose: An application context supported by the application entity described by the entry.
Syntax: cis
Purpose: Prevent delivery of No Email errors (TRUE or FALSE).
Syntax: tel
Purpose: Telephone number (in international format).
Syntax: cis
Purpose: The teletex terminal identifier and, optionally, parameters for a teletex terminal associated with the object described by the entry.
Syntax: cis
Purpose: Telex number, country code and answerback code of a telex terminal. Dollar-separated string.
Syntax: cis
Purpose: The X.400 electronic mail originator/recipient address (ORAddress) of the user described in the entry.
Syntax: cis
Purpose: The title of the person described by the entry, for example, Doctor, or Ms.
Syntax: cis
Purpose: Specifies the time-to-live (ttl) of a cached object.
Syntax: cis
Purpose: A domain name from which users are not permitted to post to the list.
Syntax: cis
Purpose: The registered users not permitted to post messages to the list.
Syntax: cis
Purpose: A unique identifier for the object described by the entry.
Syntax: cis
Purpose: Information identifying a document that updates the document described by the entry.
Syntax: cis
Purpose: Information identifying a document that is updated by the document described by the entry.
Syntax: bin
Purpose: A certificate containing the public key of the user described by the entry.
Syntax: bin
Purpose: A certificate containing the public key of the user described by the entry, in binary format.
Syntax: cis
Purpose: Attribute for use by the user.
Syntax: cis
Purpose: Attribute for use by the user.
Syntax: cis
Purpose: Attribute for use by the user.
Syntax: cis
Purpose: Attribute for use by the user.
Syntax: protected
Purpose: The password of the user described by the entry that is used to gain access to the entry.
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.
Syntax: cis
Purpose: The width of the image contained in the image file described by the entry.
Syntax: cis
Purpose: An address as defined by ITU Recommendation X.121.
Syntax: cis
Purpose: A unique identifier for the object described by the entry.