PowerExchange for LDAP User Guide

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LDAP Directory Server

A directory is a set of objects with similar attributes organized in a logical and hierarchical manner. For example, a telephone directory consists of a series of names organized alphabetically. Each name in the telephone directory has an associated address and a phone number.

An LDAP directory is a tree of entries, each of which consists of a set of attributes. An attribute has a name and has one or more values. The schema defines the attributes. Every directory entry has an objectClass attribute that lists the schema which describes the entry. Each entry has a unique identifier called the distinguished name (DN). A DN consists of its Relative Distinguished Name (RDN) constructed from the attributes in the entry, followed by the parent entry DN.

The following table describes the entry details for a person in the LDAP directory:

Attribute/Entries	Attribute Name	Description	Example
dn	Distinguished Name	Name of the entry.	-
cn	Common Name	RDN of the entry.	John Doe
dc	Domain Component	DN of the parent entry.	example, com
sn	Surname	Surname of the common name.	Doe
mail	Email Address	Email address of the common name.	john@example.com

The following example shows the entries in the LDAP directory:

dn: cn=John Doe,dc=example,dc=com
cn: John Doe
givenName: John
sn: Doe
telephoneNumber: +1 888 555 6789
telephoneNumber: +1 888 555 1234
mail: john@example.com
manager: cn=Barbara Doe,dc=example,dc=com
objectClass: inetOrgPerson
objectClass: organizationalPerson
objectClass: person
objectClass: top

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