HP-UX Directory Server 8.1 deployment guide

Figure 4-2 Example environment directory tree
Branching in a hosting environment For a hosting environment, create a tree that contains two
entries of the object class organization (o) and one entry of the object class
organizationalUnit (ou) beneath the root suffix. For example, Example ISP branches their
directory as shown below.
Figure 4-3 Example hosting directory tree
4.2.2.2 Identifying branch points
When planning the branches in the directory tree, decide what attributes to use to identify the
branch points. Remember that a DN is a unique string composed of attribute-data pairs. For
example, the DN of an entry for Barbara Jensen, an employee of Example Corp., is uid=bjensen,
ou=people,dc=example,dc=com.
Each attribute-data pair represents a branch point in the directory tree. For example, the directory
tree for the enterprise "Example Corp." appears as follows:
Figure 4-4 The directory tree for example corp.
The directory tree for Example ISP, an Internet host, appears as follows:
42 Designing the directory tree