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You are not limited to using only one container object in a tree; you can use
many at each level. The following figure shows an example Directory tree
that has several container objects at each level of a tree.
Figure 1-37 Example Directory tree with several container objects
Object names
The path from an object to the root of the Directory tree forms the object’s
complete name, which is a unique name. Most leaf objects have a common
name. For User objects, the common name is their login name, displayed in
the Directory tree.
Other leaf objects also have common names displayed in the Directory tree,
such as a Printer object name or a Server object name.
Container objects do not have common names. They are referred to by their
Organizational Unit name, or Organization name, or Country name.
An object’s complete name consists of its common name (if it has one),
followed by a period (.), then the name of the container object, also followed
by a period, and on up through succeeding container object names through
the root of the tree.
For example, in the following figure, for User object ESAYERS (the
common name), the complete name would be
ESAYERS.SALES PV.SALES.HEWLETT-PACKARD US
OrganizationOrganization
Organizational
Unit
Organizational
Unit
[Root]
CountryCountry Country
Organizational
Unit
Organizational
Unit