Re: Search Base Question

[Julio Sánchez Fernández <j_sanchez@stl.es>]

"Bosinius, Tim" wrote:

> Now my question:
> How can I do this? I tried changing the suffix in slapd.conf
> to
> suffix = "dc=org"
> suffix = "dc=com"
> suffix = "dc=de"

I recommend against that.

> but this still limits the directory cause I would have to add all
> domains - so this seems to be the wrong way. How should I add
> contacts and customers in the company hierarchie?

Just create one tree branch somewhere under your own base and put all
your external contacts there flat with no structure.  Use entries of
class organization or organizationalPerson according to its type.
You will be able to search by name, organization, etc.  You can
create a little bit of structure if you absolutely want, but you will
gain little from it under most situations in exchange for a lot of
headache.

You should not create entries under trees that don't belong to you
for the same reason you should not create DNS zones not delegated
to you nor IP addresses not assigned to you, even if you don't
have any plans to connect to the Internet.

Julio