LDAP - intro

LDAP

attribute=value pairs
- Most specific attribute is listed first
  - This may be similar to the way you already think

CN=WIDGETWEB, OU=Marketing, O=Widget, L=London, ST=London, C-GB, DC=widget, DC=com

Attribute Field Usage
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CN -------- Common Name                   Identifies the person or object
OU -------- Organizational Unit            A unit or department within the organization
O  ---------  Organization                      Name of the organization
L  ---------  Locality                             Usually a city or area
ST --------  State                                 A state province or country within a country
C  -------- - Country                            The country's 2-character ISO code such as c=US or c=GB)
DC --------  Domain Component        Components of the objects domain


Hirarchical structure
- Build a tree

Container objects
 - country, organization, org units

Leaf object
- users, computers, printers, files


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C=GB C=US
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O=Widget
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OU=Marketing OU=Accounts OU=MIS
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CN=WEDGETWEB CN=WEBMASTER

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