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Jeremy
Jeremy

Reputation: 46440

what is the ou attribute of a user class

I noticed the ou attribute of the user class, and am wondering what it is for. It is of type ADSTYPE_OCTET_STRING and is multivalue.

Anyone know what it is for and what ADSTYPE_OCTET_STRING data type means? is it just a standard string?

I'me trying to find a spot where I can store multiple managers. Would this be suitable?

Upvotes: 0

Views: 2040

Answers (1)

Alex Taylor
Alex Taylor

Reputation: 7178

OU stands for "Organizational Unit" ,and is a hangover from LDAP, which is what Active Directory is based on. Also, ADSTYPE_OCTET_STRING means that it is a character string data type.

Be aware that ActiveDirectory, like LDAP, is hierarchical, so you could have a tree cn=people,ou=Managers, and then place multiple items under this.

Upvotes: 1

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