Re: dc question

[Christoph Neumann <enigma@apu.edu>]

On 14 Oct 2002, Adam Williams wrote:

> >In the OpenLDAP quick-start guide you suggest to add the following:
> >dn: dc=example,dc=com
> >objectclass: dcObject
> >objectclass: organization
> >o: Example company
> >dc: example
> >What I do not quite understand is what the last dc is for ? The o I
> >understand that is for the company name but the dc has only example in it,
> >what should the dc value represent really ?
> 
> dc is "Domain Component"
> 
> example.com is Example Company.
> 
> One could also have 
> 
> dc=laboratory,dc=example,dc=com
> objectclass: dcObject
> objectclass: organization
> o: Example companies' Laboratory
> dc: labs

Shouldn't the "dc: labs" be set to "dc: laboratory" to match the value of
the attribute used in the DN?  Or just set "dc=labs" in the DN to match
the value in the entry.
 
> beneath dc=example,dc=com if one wanted to delegate that to a separate
> three.
> 
> One can also image that somewhere in the ether there is a "dc=com" that
> contains subordinate info references to all the dc=*,dc=com servers on
> the internet.  I think there are a couple of projects to create just
> such as thing.  Would be wonderful.
> 
> >Is it also a good principle to add this short info to the LDAP directory or
> >is it only really to test in the purpose of the quickstart guide.
> 
> It is good practice, at least IMHO.
> 
>