LDAP Data Interchange Format - LDIF Fields

LDIF Fields

dn: distinguished name

This refers to the name that uniquely identifies an entry in the directory.

dc: domain component

This refers to each component of the domain. For example www.google.com would be written as DC=www,DC=google,DC=com

ou: organizational unit

This refers to the organizational unit (or sometimes the user group) that the user is part of. If the user is part of more than one group, you may specify as such, e.g., OU= Lawyer,OU= Judge.

cn: common name

This refers to the individual object (person's name; meeting room; recipe name; job title; etc.) for whom/which you are querying.

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