Naming Conventions in Active Directory
Each object in Active Directory is identified by a name following a variety of naming conventions. The X.500 and LDAP directory structure has a solid reputation for relying on the naming scheme; some of the naming conventions might sound familiar to you because they are the same naming conventions used in Exchange Server.
Distinguished Name
Every object in the directory has a distinguished name (DN), identifying the object as well as its location in a tree by specifying the path in the name. A DN is a concatenation of the common names for each objects in the path.
To understand a DN, first you have to know the distinguished name attributes, outlined in Table 14.1.
Get Microsoft® Windows® 2000 Security Handbook now with the O’Reilly learning platform.
O’Reilly members experience books, live events, courses curated by job role, and more from O’Reilly and nearly 200 top publishers.
