External Name

Specifies the name of the external entity in the form used by that service.

NDS Operational:Yes

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ASN.1 ID

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Remarks

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

The External Name attribute is used to hold names that will not be interpreted by NDS. These names should not be translated.

MHS uses External Name to include users from non-NDS directories, in order to provide an integrated address book for sending mail.

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.