Setting Up NetWare Client Workstations to Log In
Understanding Logging In to NetWare Directory Services
Specifying the Name Type of an Object
A name type distinguishes the class of object that you are referring to, such as a User object or an Organizational Unit object.
For example, you could express
ESAYERS.SALES.HP_US
as
CN=ESAYERS.OU=SALES.O=HP_ US
where CN is the common name of the User object, OU is the Organizational Unit name, and O is the Organization name.
When you move from one container object to another, you must always include the name type of an object when typing out its Distinguished Name or context.
You also must always include the name types of the objects in Distinguished Names or contexts when you include the Country object in your Directory tree. Therefore, even when you refer to objects located in the same container object, you must designate their name types (CN, OU, or O).
Changing Your Context
When you move from one container object to another, you change contexts. Whenever you change contexts, you might need to indicate the Distinguished Name of the object you are changing context to.
For example, in the following figure, if the User object named Brent located in Test.MedTec wants information from the Server object called SERVER1 that is located in the context Development.MedTec, then Brent must refer to the context of the Server object when changing context to access SERVER1.