From dev-return-12097-apmail-directory-dev-archive=directory.apache.org@directory.apache.org Sun Jun 04 01:45:35 2006 Return-Path: Delivered-To: apmail-directory-dev-archive@www.apache.org Received: (qmail 19849 invoked from network); 4 Jun 2006 01:45:35 -0000 Received: from hermes.apache.org (HELO mail.apache.org) (209.237.227.199) by minotaur.apache.org with SMTP; 4 Jun 2006 01:45:35 -0000 Received: (qmail 52349 invoked by uid 500); 4 Jun 2006 01:45:34 -0000 Delivered-To: apmail-directory-dev-archive@directory.apache.org Received: (qmail 52246 invoked by uid 500); 4 Jun 2006 01:45:33 -0000 Mailing-List: contact dev-help@directory.apache.org; run by ezmlm Precedence: bulk List-Help: List-Unsubscribe: List-Post: List-Id: Reply-To: "Apache Directory Developers List" Delivered-To: mailing list dev@directory.apache.org Received: (qmail 51718 invoked by uid 99); 4 Jun 2006 01:45:31 -0000 Received: from asf.osuosl.org (HELO asf.osuosl.org) (140.211.166.49) by apache.org (qpsmtpd/0.29) with ESMTP; Sat, 03 Jun 2006 18:45:31 -0700 X-ASF-Spam-Status: No, hits=3.4 required=10.0 tests=DATE_IN_FUTURE_03_06,DNS_FROM_RFC_POST,SPF_PASS X-Spam-Check-By: apache.org Received-SPF: pass (asf.osuosl.org: domain of aok123@bellsouth.net designates 205.152.59.71 as permitted sender) Received: from [205.152.59.71] (HELO imf23aec.mail.bellsouth.net) (205.152.59.71) by apache.org (qpsmtpd/0.29) with ESMTP; Sat, 03 Jun 2006 18:45:30 -0700 Received: from ibm66aec.bellsouth.net ([65.80.200.112]) by imf23aec.mail.bellsouth.net with ESMTP id <20060604014509.LPUJ24436.imf23aec.mail.bellsouth.net@ibm66aec.bellsouth.net> for ; Sat, 3 Jun 2006 21:45:09 -0400 Received: from [172.16.1.39] (really [65.80.200.112]) by ibm66aec.bellsouth.net with ESMTP id <20060604014509.BKTF24775.ibm66aec.bellsouth.net@[172.16.1.39]> for ; Sat, 3 Jun 2006 21:45:09 -0400 Message-ID: <44827364.7050800@bellsouth.net> Date: Sun, 04 Jun 2006 01:45:08 -0400 From: Alex Karasulu User-Agent: Mozilla Thunderbird 1.0.7 (X11/20051010) X-Accept-Language: en-us, en MIME-Version: 1.0 To: Apache Directory Developers List Subject: Re: [LDAP] LdapDN questions part I References: <20060603200559.NGUM5063.ibm70aec.bellsouth.net@mail.bellsouth.net> <448227D9.7080205@gmail.com> In-Reply-To: <448227D9.7080205@gmail.com> Content-Type: text/plain; charset=ISO-8859-1 Content-Transfer-Encoding: 8bit X-Virus-Checked: Checked by ClamAV on apache.org X-Spam-Rating: minotaur.apache.org 1.6.2 0/1000/N Emmanuel Lecharny wrote: > Alex Karasulu a écrit : > >> In the LdapDN doco you refer to it as a tree of RDNs: >> >> * It represents a tree, in which the root is the last RDN (RDN[0]) >> and the leaf >> * is the first RDN (RDN[n]). >> >> Do you mean a list here? Or am I missing something? >> >> > Yeah, it is a list, internally. > > The doco express the fact that a DN is seen as a branch of a tree, > where each node is a RDN. > > Doco is not really acurate, and it should have been something like : > "It represents a path through a tree, in which the root is the last > RDN (RDN[0]) ..." > > To be clear, with a dn : dc=example, dc=org > we have : > RDN[0] : dc = org > RDN[1] : dc=example Gotchya no problem I figured but wanted to make sure. I'm trying to understand the semantics of using LdapDN first and what to look at it a little more. Will ask more queswtions tomorrow. Alex