namingContexts

- Standard LDAP attribute type

Synopsis

( 1.3.6.1.4.1.1466.101.120.5
 NAME 'namingContexts'
 DESC 'Standard LDAP attribute type'
 SYNTAX 1.3.6.1.4.1.1466.115.121.1.12
 USAGE dsaOperation
 X-ORIGIN 'RFC 2252' )

Description

Corresponds to a naming context the server is mastering or shadowing. When Directory Server does not master any information (for example, it is an LDAP gateway to a public X.500 directory), this attribute is absent. When Directory Server believes it contains the entire directory, the attribute has a single value, and that value is the empty string (indicating the null DN of the root).This attribute permits a client contacting a server to choose suitable base objects for searching.

SYNTAX

DN, multi-valued.

Usage

Operational attribute used by a Directory Server instance; returned in ldapsearch only when specifically requested.

Attributes

See attributes(5) for descriptions of the following attributes: