What is GroupOfNames?

What is GroupOfNames?

GroupOfNames is a LDAP Group.

What is a LDAP group?

LDAP is the Lightweight Directory Access Protocol. It’s a hierarchical organization of Users, Groups, and Organisational Units – which are containers for users and groups. Every object has it’s own unique path to it’s place in the directory – called a Distinguished Name, or DN.

What is LDAP posixGroup?

Organizational Units (OU’s) are used to define a hierarchical tree structure to organize entries in a directory (users, computers, groups, etc.). Like Pavel said, posixGroup is an object class for entries that represent a UNIX group. You’ll want to use OU’s to organize your LDAP entries.

What is cn in LDAP configuration?

A user profile with the same name as the user’s LDAP object. A user profile in the same organizational unit as the user’s LDAP object but with the name cn=LDAP Profile . For example, dc=com/dc=example/cn=Sales/cn=LDAP Profile . A user profile in any parent organizational unit with the name cn=LDAP Profile .

What is posixAccount?

posixAccount is common objectClass within LDAP used to represent user entries which typically is used for for PAM and Linux/Unix Authentication.

How do I list all LDAP groups?

To get a list of all groups, type the following command: getent group . The output is the same as when displaying the content of the /etc/group file. If you are using LDAP for user authentication the getent will display all groups from both /etc/group file and LDAP database.

What is a LDAP distinguished name?

LDAP uses distinguished names to provide unique names to directory objects; every object in Active Directory has an LDAP distinguished name. A distinguished name is a naming structure that consists of a string of the hierarchical components that make up the complete object.

What is a LDAP Account?

You can set up a Lightweight Directory Access Protocol (LDAP) account on your iPad to access an enterprise network. LDAP accounts allow you to search for contacts on an LDAP server, which many organizations use to store data, and access them through iPad Contacts.

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