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.

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