HP UX 11i v1 Networking Software manual Understanding Logging In to NetWare Directory Services

Setting Up NetWare Client Workstations to Log In

Understanding Logging In to NetWare Directory Services

Understanding Logging In to NetWare Directory

Services

NetWare Directory Services™ architecture makes logging in to the network convenient.

User information resides in a global database. Each user is assigned a position, or context, within the global database that informs the network where the user’s User object is located in relationship to the entire network.

NOTE:In the NET.CFG file, the context of your User object is referred to as your name context.

Your User object is given a name called its common name. When you log in to the network, the LOGIN utility must know where your particular User object is located—its context.

Your User object’s context also forms its Distinguished Name. The path from the object to the root of the tree constitutes the object’s Distinguished Name, which is unique—different from all other objects’ Distinguished Name.

Your User object’s Distinguished Name is a bottom-up traversal of the tree, from the object up to the root.

Using the Correct Format of Your Distinguished Name for

Logging In to the Network

When you use a Distinguished Name of a User object, its common name is listed first, followed by a period (.); then the name of the Organizational Unit (a container object), also followed by a period; and on up through the Organization object name (and the Country object name, if used).

So your User object’s Distinguished Name could be represented by

Common name.Organizational Unit name.Organization object name.Country object name

The actual structure of your Distinguished Name depends on the way your network is defined.

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