Country

You can create Country objects directly under [Root] using NWAdmin. Country objects are optional and only required for connection to certain X.500 global directories.


What a Country Object Represents

The Country object represents the political identity of its branch of the tree.


Usage

Most administrators do not create a Country object, even if the network spans countries, since the Country object only adds an unnecessary level to the NDS tree. You can create one or many Country objects under [Root], depending on the multinational nature of your network. Country objects can only contain Organization objects.

If you do not create a Country object and find that you need one later, you can always modify the tree to add one.


Important Properties

The Country object has a two-letter Name property.


Name

Country objects are named with a standard two-letter code such as US, UK, or DE. For a list of standard abbreviations, see also Naming Countries.



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