attribute type ITU-T (X.500)
2.5.4.11
organizationalUnitName
also known as ou, Organizational-Unit-Name
Organizational unit. The ou= container level, still the usual way people carve a directory into departments or regions. Multi-valued, which catches people out the first time an entry claims two OUs.
- OID
2.5.4.11- Name
- organizationalUnitName
- Aliases
- ou, Organizational-Unit-Name
- Kind
- attribute type
- Arcwho allocated the number
- ITU-T (X.500) 2.5
- Standardwho defined it
- IETF · RFC 4519, RFC 2256
Schema
- Superior
- name
- Syntax
- String(Unicode)
- Single-valued
- no
Definition
attributetype ( 2.5.4.11 NAME ( 'ou' 'organizationalUnitName' ) DESC 'RFC2256: organizational unit this object belongs to' SUP name )Appears in: IANA registry, OpenLDAP core.schema, Active Directory schema. Primary source. Spotted an error? Tell me.