Computer

Represents both computers that host NetWare ® servers and computers used as client workstations.

Type:Effective
NDS Operational:Yes

LDAP Name

computer

ASN.1 ID

2.16.840.1.113719.1.1.6.1.4

Class Flags

Class Flags

Setting

Container

Off

Effective

On

Nonremovable

On

Ambiguous Naming

Off

Ambiguous Container

Off

Auxiliary Class

Off

Class Structure

Rule

Class/Attribute

Defined For

Super Classes

Top

Device

Device

Computer

Containment

domain

Organization

Organizational Unit

Device

Device

Device

Named By

CN (Common Name)

Device

Mandatory Attributes

Computer

Inherited from Top

Inherited from Device

 

Object Class

CN (Common Name)

Optional Attributes

Default ACL Template

Object Name

Default Rights

Affected Attributes

Class Defined For

[Creator]

Supervisor

[Entry Rights]

Top

Remarks

For help in understanding the class definition template, see Reading Class Definitions.

The Operator attribute lists individuals or groups that are responsible for day-to-day maintenance of the computer. This can differ from the value of Owner, which can indicate more of an administrative responsibility with respect to the computer.

The Server attribute provides a list of servers that are hosted on this computer. The See Also attribute might be used, in this instance, to identify other related computers assigned to a network.

The L (Locality Name) attribute identifies the physical location of a device. For example, if the device were a printer, the locality might be “Building D, Section 24, by Ed Bender’s desk.”

The O (Organization Name) and OU (Organizational Unit Name) might already be present in the device’s distinguished name. They are repeated here to aid searching when an organization spans multiple subtrees in the eDirectory tree. However, eDirectory does not add these attributes automatically even though they may be present in the device’s Distinguished Name. Additional values for the organization or organizational unit can be useful when a device is “co-owned” by multiple organizations.

The LDAP server maps requests for the computer class to this class.