LDAP is based on an earlier version of X.500. Windows Active Directory domains and Unix realms use LDAP to identify objects in query strings with codes such as CN=Users and DC=example. Secure LDAP encrypts transmissions with SSL or TLS.
Administrators often use LDAP in scripts, but they need to have a basic understanding of how to identify objects. For example, a user named Homer in the Users container within the example.com domain is identified with the following LDAP string:
LDAP://CN=Homer,CN=Users,DC=example,DC=com
CN=Homer. CN is short for common name.
CN=Users. CN is sometimes referred to as container in this context.
DC=example. DC is short for domain component.
DC=com. This is the second domain component in the domain name.
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