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referral

Standard LDAP referral objectclass

Synopsis

( 2.16.840.1.113730.3.2.6
 NAME 'referral'
 DESC 'Standard LDAP referral objectclass'
 SUP top
 STRUCTURAL
 MUST ref
 X-ORIGIN 'RFC 3296' )

Description

Used to represent a subordinate reference information in the directory. These referral objects hold one or more URIs contained in values of the ref attribute type and are used to generate protocol referrals and continuations.

Note:

To use this object class, you must either make it a subclass, or use it with the extensibleObject object class. This ensures that you have an attribute for naming the entry.

Origin

This object class is defined by RFC 3296 (http://www.ietf.org/rfc/rfc3296.txt).

Type

Structural object class

Superior

top(5DSOC)

Required Attributes

Entries of this object class require the following attribute types in addition to those inherited from the superior(s):

ref(5DSAT)

Allowed Attributes

Entries of this object class have no optional attribute types other than those inherited from the superior(s).

Attributes

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

ATTRIBUTE TYPE	ATTRIBUTE VALUE
Availability	SUNWdsee7
Stability Level	Standard: IETF, RFC 3296 (http://www.ietf.org/rfc/rfc3296.txt)