HP UX Direry Server 4.2.2.2 Identifying branch points

Figure 4-2 Example environment directory tree

Branching in a hosting environment For a hosting environment, create a tree that contains two entries of the object class organization (o) and one entry of the object class organizationalUnit (ou) beneath the root suffix. For example, Example ISP branches their directory as shown below.

Figure 4-3 Example hosting directory tree

4.2.2.2 Identifying branch points

When planning the branches in the directory tree, decide what attributes to use to identify the branch points. Remember that a DN is a unique string composed of attribute-data pairs. For example, the DN of an entry for Barbara Jensen, an employee of Example Corp., is uid=bjensen, ou=people,dc=example,dc=com.

Each attribute-data pair represents a branch point in the directory tree. For example, the directory tree for the enterprise "Example Corp." appears as follows:

Figure 4-4 The directory tree for example corp.

The directory tree for Example ISP, an Internet host, appears as follows:

42 Designing the directory tree