Red Hat Directory Server 8.0 Administrator's Guide

Figure 3.3. A Sample Directory Tree with a Root Suffix Off Limits to Search

Operations

Searches performed by client applications on the dc=example,dc=com branch of Example

Corporation's directory will not return entries from the l=europe,dc=example,dc=com branch of

the directory, as it is a separate root suffix.

If Example Corporation decides to include the entries in the European branch of their directory

tree in general searches, they make the European branch a sub suffix of the general branch. To

do this, they create a root suffix for Example Corporation, dc=example,dc=com, and then create

a sub suffix beneath it for their European directory entries, l=europe,dc=example,dc=com.

From a client application's perspective, the directory tree appears as illustrated in Figure 3.4, “A

Sample Directory Tree with a Sub Suffix”.

Figure 3.4. A Sample Directory Tree with a Sub Suffix

Creating Suffixes