NetWare Directory Services

D-3
Creating a Standards Document for NDS Object Classes and Properties
Sample Object Naming Standards
Sample Object Naming Standards
In our examples, we have tried to create relatively short names. This helps
keep the context short and reduces data traffic as NDS searches for specific
objects.
If you have already chosen a different format to name users or servers in an
existing NetWare 3™ network, you might want to use those names as a
starting point as you implement your NetWare 4™ network.
Table D-1 Object Name and Suggested Standards
Object Suggested Standards
Directory Map Name Directory Map objects after the application or process being
mapped. For example, WordPerfect® application files would be mapped
with a Directory Map named DM-WP.
Group Base group names on the function performed by the group. For example, a
word processing group could be named GP-WP.
Organization and
Organizational Unit
Choose your Organization and Organizational Unit names based on your
organization’s abbreviations of unit names.
For example, an organization with the name WIDGET, with a business unit
called ASG, and a division called NCS would set a context in the Directory
tree as OU=NCS.OU=ASG.O=WIDGET.
Organizational Role For security purposes, always use the Organizational Role object to grant
administrative rights. The Organizational Role object can be used in any
situation where changes in personnel might be frequent or when an error in
controlling rights would pose a grave security risk to the organization.
For example, a container administrative organizational role could be
named OR-NCSADMIN.
Printer Use a three-character location code (such as the airline city code) followed
by the mail stop and the printer type for a printer name.
For example, a LaserJet 4 Si would be named PRV-E232-LJ4SI. A duplex
LaserJet 4 Si in the same location would be named PRV-E232-LJ4SID.