Object(DS-DN)

The Object(DS-DN) syntax is a string containing a distinguished name (DN).

Syntax property	Value	Description
Syntax-Name	Object(DS-DN)
attributeSyntax	2.5.5.1	An OID of a syntax. The combination of the attributeSyntax and oMSyntax properties determines the syntax of an attribute.
oMSyntax	127	Syntax of this attribute as defined by the XAPIA XOM (X/Open Object Model) specification.
oMObjectClass	X'2b0c0287731c00854a'	An octet string that must be specified for attributes whose oMSyntax property value is 127. Usually, there is a one-to-one mapping between the attributeSyntax and the oMObject class.
Attributes of this syntax	Address-Book-Roots Assistant Bridgehead-Server-List-BL Bridgehead-Transport-List CRL-Object Certificate-Authority-Object Current-Parent-CA DMD-Location DN-Reference-Update Default-Class-Store Default-Group Default-Local-Policy-Object Default-Object-Category Domain-Certificate-Authorities Domain-Cross-Ref Domain-ID Domain-Policy-Object Domain-Policy-Reference Dynamic-LDAP-Server FRS-Member-Reference FRS-Member-Reference-BL FRS-Primary-Member FSMO-Role-Owner From-Server Frs-Computer-Reference Frs-Computer-Reference-BL Global-Address-List Has-Master-NCs Has-Partial-Replica-NCs Inter-Site-Topology-Generator Ipsec-Filter-Reference Ipsec-ISAKMP-Reference Ipsec-NFA-Reference Ipsec-Negotiation-Policy-Reference Ipsec-Owners-Reference Ipsec-Policy-Reference Is-Member-Of-DL Is-Privilege-Holder Last-Known-Parent Local-Policy-Reference MSMQ-In-Routing-Servers MSMQ-Out-Routing-Servers MSMQ-Prev-Site-Gates MSMQ-Site-1 MSMQ-Site-2 MSMQ-Site-Gates MSMQ-Site-Gates-Mig Managed-By Managed-Objects Manager Mastered-By Member NC-Name Next-Level-Store Non-Security-Member Non-Security-Member-BL Notification-List Obj-Dist-Name Object-Category Owner Parent-CA Pending-Parent-CA Physical-Location-Object Preferred-OU Previous-Parent-CA Privilege-Holder Query-Policy-BL Query-Policy-Object RID-Manager-Reference RID-Set-References Reports Role-Occupant Root-Trust See-Also Server-Reference Server-Reference-BL Show-In-Address-Book Site-Link-List Site-List Site-Object Site-Object-BL Site-Server Sub-Refs SubSchemaSubEntry Sync-Membership Sync-With-Object Template-Roots Transport-Type Trust-Parent netboot-New-Machine-OU netboot-SCP-BL netboot-Server

Usage

Use this string syntax to store DNs that you want to keep up-to-date by Active Directory. For queries that include attributes of DN syntax in a filter, you must specify full DNs, wildcards (for example, cn=foo*) are not supported for filters on attributes with DN syntax.

Remarks

When an attribute of DN syntax is created with a valid DN, Active Directory treats the attributes as a reference to the object represented by the DN that was set. If the referenced object is renamed or moved, Active Directory ensures that the attribute reflects the change. If the attribute is reset with a new DN, the attribute is referenced to the object represented by the new DN. This string syntax can also be used for linked DNs. Back links must be of syntax DN. Forward links can of syntax Dn, as well as DNWithString, DNWithBinary, AccessPointDn, or ORNmae. Linked attributes must have a linkID defined. See the description of linkID in attributeSchema properties.