Example | Description |
Alan Jones | Common name |
Alan | Givenname |
Jones | Surname |
Ajones | UID |
cn=Alan Jones, cn=recipients, ou=Sales, ou=East, o=Acme, c=us (valid for a Microsoft® Exchange server) | Full hierarchical name (canonical) |
cn=Alan Jones (valid for Domino Directory) | Common name with CN=prefix |
uid=ajones, ou=Sales, ou=East, o=Acme, c=us (valid for a Netscape Directory Server) | Full hierarchical name (canonical) |
uid=ajones (valid for Netscape Directory Server) | UID with UID=prefix |
Alan Jones/Sales/East/Acme/US | Full hierarchical name (abbreviated) |
alan_jones@acme.com | LDAP mail attribute |