OU (Organizational Unit Name)

LDAP Name

• ou
• organizationalUnitName

Syntax

• Case Ignore String

Constraints

• DS_NONREMOVABLE_ATTR
• DS_SIZED_ATTR (1..64)
• DS_STRING_ATTR
• DS_SYNC_IMMEDIATE

ASN.1 ID

• 2.5.4.11

Used In

• applicationEntity
• applicationProcess
• Device
• External Entity
• Group
• List
• NSCP:groupOfCertificates
• Organizational Person
• Organizational Role
• Organizational Unit
• Profile
• Resource
• Server

Remarks

For help in understanding the attribute definition template, see Reading NDS Attribute Type Definitions.

For the Organizational Unit class, this attribute is mandatory.

When used as a component of an NDS name, an organizational unit name identifies a unit of an organization with which the named object is affiliated. The unit is understood to be part of an organization designated by an O (Organization Name) attribute assigned to the same object. It follows that if an OU (Organizational Unit Name) attribute is used in an NDS name, it must be associated with an O (Organization Name) attribute.

An attribute value for OU (Organizational Unit Name) is a string chosen by the organization to which the unit belongs. An example of an organizational unit name is

     OU=Technology Division

An LDAP schema query requires extensions to return NDS attribute constraints.