LDAP-UX Client Services B.04.00 with Microsoft Windows 2000/2003 Active Directory Administrator's Guide
Administering LDAP-UX Client Services
Considering Performance Impacts
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For example, if your default search DN is set to your domain root
DC=cup, DC=hp, DC=com, you can improve performance if you change
the search base DN to search user and group information to CN=Users,
DC=cup, DC=hp, DC=com for the passwd and group services.