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Re: dc question

On 14 Oct 2002, Adam Williams wrote:

> >>>>dc is "Domain Component"
> >>>>example.com is Example Company.
> >>>>One could also have 
> >>>>dc=laboratory,dc=example,dc=com
> >>>objectclass: dcObject
> >>>>objectclass: organization
> >>>>o: Example companies' Laboratory
> >>>>dc: labs
> >>>Doesn't the dc attribute have to be the same as what is specified in
> >>>the DN?    
> >>It should be, yes.
> >Is that a requirement or just "best practice"?
> 
> I don't believe OpenLDAP enforces the correspondence of the RDN to an
> attribute,  but it should be considered a requirement.  It is certainly
> a best practice.

Correct.  OpenLDAP does not enforce this.  Why is that?  Anyone know?