Open LDAP Notes

Table of Contents

1. Reference Docs

  • Official guide is here.

2. Terms

  1. directory is a tree of data entries that is hierarchical and is called the DIT.

  2. entry consists of a set of attributes

  3. DIT Directory Information Tree

    DIT Suffix
    dc=example,dc=com

  4. dn distinguished name

    DIT Suffix
    cn=John Doe, dc=example,dc=com