Re: Multiple organizations == multiple suffixes?

[Eric Kilfoil <ekilfoil@viawest.net>]

You aren't required to build your directory this way.  You could make your
suffix "o=company" (or anything else that makes sense to you), and build
your tree like this:

o=company
 + dc=com
     + dc=windh
 + dc=se
     + ou=megapix

the suffix being dc=com or whatever is just a suggestion and the accepted
standard.

eric

On Thu, 6 Sep 2001, Pierangelo Masarati wrote:

> > I need to model my own organization ( "windh.com" ) and other "partner"
> > organizations in the following structure:
> >
> > + dc=com
> >     + dc=windh
> >         + ou=users
> >         + ou=departments
> >     + dc=megapix
> >         + ou=resources
> > + dc=se
> >     + dc=luckylook
> >         + ou=marketing
> >
> > According to the quick start guide, my suffix needs to look like
> > <MY-DOMAIN>,<COM>, i.e "windh.com". However, it's required by our
> > application that other organizations be added dynamically (
> > "megapix.com" and "luckylook.se" e.g ) via our administration tools. But
> > it seems as if I have to add them manually in "slapd.conf". Is this
> > correct, or is there a way to accomplish this without editing the
> > configuration file each time?
>
> You cannot add things to the slapd.conf file dynamically
> (unless you write a script or anything like that). In your
> case you may use an empty suffix (""), which should be
> fully supported in 2.0.12. This is not recommended unless
> unavoidable as in your case. But if you are likely to add
> new naming contexts seldom, and you won't end up with
> thousands of naming contexts, you better add them manually
> as different databases. Another issue is the need to search
> them altogether. In this case they need to be in one db only,
> which means again using the empty "" suffix.
>
> Pierangelo
>
>