CN OU DC parameters

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i am very confuse above the parameters.for exmaple the parameter cn
cn=peter pan,cn=user
the cn parameter with diferent function, i mean that peter pan and user is
not the same thing,does anybody know what am i talking about.pls let me know
how can i use that
 
Shingooooo said:
i am very confuse above the parameters.for exmaple the parameter cn
cn=peter pan,cn=user
the cn parameter with diferent function, i mean that peter pan and user is
not the same thing,does anybody know what am i talking about.pls let me know
how can i use that
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Hi,

In Active Directory (AD) (or any LDAP directory), objects are referred to by
Distinguished Name (DN). The parts of a distinguished name, delimited by
commas, represent where in the AD heirarchy the object exists. The monikers
in a DN are:

Moniker object example
------- ------- ---------
cn Common Name cn=Joe User
ou Organizational Unit ou=Sales
dc Domain Component dc=MyDomain

An example of the Distinguished Name of a user object could be:

cn=Joe User,ou=Sales,ou=West,dc=MyDomain,dc=com

In this case, the object with Common Name "Joe User" is in the
Organizational Unit "ou=Sales", which in turn is in the Organizational Unit
"ou=West", which is in the domain "MyDomain.com". Users can in
Organizational Units, as in my example, or in Containers. Containers are
identified by Common Name (similar to user, computer, or group objects). The
most common container is the default "cn=Users" container. If user "cn=Jim
Smith" is in the "Users" container, then the DN will be:

cn=Jim Smith,cn=Users,dc=MyDomain,dc=com

The Relative Distinguished Name RDN) of the user is "cn=Jim Smith". The RDN
is the highest level part of the DN, which identifies the object in it's
parent container. The parent container for "cn=Jim Smith" is the container
"cn=Users,dc=MyDomain,dc=com". The RDN of this container is "cn=Users". Note
that the Common Name is used to identify several classes of objects, namely
user objects, computer objects, container objects, and group objects.
Organizational Units are identified by the "ou" moniker.

Some more info linked here:

http://www.rlmueller.net/LDAP_Binding.htm
 
i am very confuse above the parameters.for exmaple the
parameter cn
cn=peter pan,cn=user
the cn parameter with diferent function, i mean that peter pan
and user is
not the same thing,does anybody know what am i talking
about.pls let me know
how can i use that
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CN is common name

OU is organization unit

DC is domain controller

CN is also used for the default SYSTEM BASED containers after
installing AD. That object has a plain icon

OU is also used for containers and these objects have a little book in
the icon

One of the differences between a CN container and a OU container is
you can only apply GPOs to OUs, not to CNs

Cheers
 
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