HELP DISTINGUISHED NAME DN IN AD (WIN2000 SERVER)

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Ada Konstantinidou

Hello!

I am new to AD and I urgently need your help.

I have set up an AD in a test domain with 1 DC and 1 PC client with XP.

The name of the DC where the AD is installed is : pc2142.adatest.ibm.com

I have installed a browser editor on the DC to check the connection.

In the connection section of the browser it asks for :
a. host name : ......pc2142.adatest.ibm.com
b. Base DN ???????????????????????????????????
(when I press fetch DNs it brings CN = Schema, CN= Configuration, DC =
adatest, DC=ibm, DC = com)

When I have checked the anonymous bind it says ready but it returns nothing
(I have created some accounts with users (ou))

When I enter only DC = adatest it returns 1 enty but when I try to click it
disconnects and it fails.

What should I enter as a DN?

What do I do wrong?


Thank you very much!

Sincerly,

Ada
 
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ptwilliams

DN (Distinguished Name) is the absolute path to an object. Because every
object resides in an OU (or container) tree, which in turn resides in a
domain tree, a DN specifies the exact location within both trees. A DN is a
part of LDAP. In LDAP (and therefore AD) each object has a naming attribute
prefix. A DN is made up of the naming attribute prefix and it's resultant
value.

For example, the user Paul Williams (winnetsolutions\williamsp |
(e-mail address removed)) in the IT OU within the Windows Networking
Solutions domain would look like this:

CN=Paul Williams, OU=IT, DC=winnet-solutions, DC=com

Where CN (common name) is an attribute of my account.

There is also an relative distinguished name (RDN) which is the first
component of the DN. An RDN has to be unique within it's container. This
basically means that an RDN is the name of an object in it's container.
Whereas a DN is the name of an object in the directory.

You should enter your DN as in the format of my example (above).

I'm sorry I cannot be of any more help as I don't understand what you are
doing!?!? ;-(


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Hello!

I am new to AD and I urgently need your help.

I have set up an AD in a test domain with 1 DC and 1 PC client with XP.

The name of the DC where the AD is installed is : pc2142.adatest.ibm.com

I have installed a browser editor on the DC to check the connection.

In the connection section of the browser it asks for :
a. host name : ......pc2142.adatest.ibm.com
b. Base DN ???????????????????????????????????
(when I press fetch DNs it brings CN = Schema, CN= Configuration, DC =
adatest, DC=ibm, DC = com)

When I have checked the anonymous bind it says ready but it returns nothing

(I have created some accounts with users (ou))

When I enter only DC = adatest it returns 1 enty but when I try to click it
disconnects and it fails.

What should I enter as a DN?

What do I do wrong?


Thank you very much!

Sincerly,

Ada
 

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