RE: LDAP directory schema.

[Pedro Melo <melo@ip.pt>]

Check RFC 2377 (recent). Use that instead of O=xpto, C=XX

We are going to do housing of ldap DIT someday now... And we will be using that
RFC as a guide...

But I thinkg that we are still on uncharted waters, and almost anything goes. :/

Melo

On 05-Oct-98 Raj Kunjithapadam wrote:
> Hello All,
> This is about the schema for a global service provider.
> It is common for an organization to have the directory
> structure
> as cn=username,o=Organization,c=US
> 
> But if you are an ISP within a country like US
> the structure could change to
> uid=userid1,o=Organization1,c=US
> uid=userid1,o=Organization2,c=US
> and so on.
> 
> But what is the common practise or the correct stucture
> for multicountry service provider.
> If I have customers from Europe and Canada
> what should I do?
> 
> Should I have a Directory server with mulitple
> Directory Information Trees?
> 
> Like one for c=US, one for c=CA and so on?
> 
> This would mean, I should deploy multiple
> servers for each directory enable application
> like Messaging.
> 
> Does anyone have any experience deploying
> directory services for such a global provider.
> 
> Thanks for any help,
> Raj
> 

Pedro Melo
melo@ip.pt