DN Distinguished Name

• A entry has a distinguished name

  • in its hierarchy level: Relative Distinguished Name (RDN)
  • all RDNs from root onwords build the Distinguished Name (DN)

• No two entries in one hierarchy level can have the same RDN

• No two entries in the whole Directory can have the same DN

• Alias Entry having a DN and pointing to another DN via aliasObjectName Attribute

• seeAlso Attribute: Entry has data and a seeAlso pointer

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