Re: about: Root level prodir combined results

Steen Linden <unisli@uts.uni-c.dk> Tue, 17 November 1992 14:10 UTC

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From: Steen Linden <unisli@uts.uni-c.dk>
Subject: Re: about: Root level prodir combined results
To: Danny Thomas <vthrc@mailbox.uq.oz.au>
Date: Tue, 17 Nov 92 10:04:06 CET
Cc: osi-ds@cs.ucl.ac.uk, prodir-support@xtel.co.uk
In-Reply-To: <9211140457.AA25193@odin.diku.dk>; from "Danny Thomas" at Nov 14, 92 5:55 am
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Danny Thomas wrote:

> this is probably a very naive comment, but I've always found it amusing to
> see entries showing "Unknown Organisation" in what purports to be the root
> level of a global directory. Admittedly at present it is not a
> well-distributed database, but maybe somebody could enlighten me on why
> this happens.

The name of the organization is taken from the organizationName
attribute of the DSA entry. If this attribute is not preset in the entry
you get "Unknown Organisation".

Examples:

Dish -> show @cn=Axolotl -types o
organizationName      - DKUUG
Dish -> show @cn=Agouti -types o
*** Attribute error ***
cn=Agouti
Attribute type organizationName - No such attribute in the entry

Best wishes,
Steen Linden