Used on partition root objects so NDS can manage the synchronization process and determine what needs to be sent to other replicas.
For help in understanding the attribute definition template, see Reading NDS Attribute Type Definitions.
In NDS 6.xx and 7.xx, this attribute has the following flags: DS_SYNC_IMMEDIATE and DS_PER_REPLICA. In NDS 8 and above, these flags have been removed.
For LDAP clients to access this attribute, the LDAP server must be configured to map the attribute to a name without spaces or colons. The LDAP server in NDS eDirectory supports the Octet String syntax.