DSM Attribute Names

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DSM Attribute Names

The following table lists the standard set of attribute names, with brief descriptions, used by DSM-based applications for querying directories:

Attribute Name	Description
objectClass	The class of the objects
dc	The domain controller
o	Organization
ou	Organizational unit
c	Country
l	Location
userDn	User's distinguished name
userCn	User's common name
userSn	User's surname
givenName	User's given name
displayName	Display name
userName	User name
userID	User identifier
userPassword	User password
memberOf	The names/distinguished names of the groups in which a user is a member
directReports	The names/distinguished names of the people who report to this user
streetAddress	Street address
postalCode	Postal code
company	Company
department	Department
email	Email address
telephoneNumber	Telephone number
jobTitle	Job title
userDescription	A description of the user
assetDn	Computer's distinguished name
assetCn	Computer's common name
assetName	Computer's name
dnsHostName	DNS host name
operatingSystem	Operating system
operatingSystemServicePack	OS service pack
operatingSystemVersion	OS version
assetDescription	A description of the computer
groupDn	Group's distinguished name
groupCn	Group's common name
groupName	Group's name
groupMembers	The names/distinguished names of users who are members of the group
groupDescription	A description of the group.

Additionally, the DSM schema map contains fields that are not attribute names. They are the names of the object classes that DSM-based applications use:

The GUI uses computerMap, groupMap, and userMap to determine the type of nodes to display.
The directory synchronization job uses userMap and computerMap.

The DSM schema map contains the following fields:

computerMap: Maps to the objectClass name representing a computer in the configured directory.
groupMap: Maps to the objectClass name representing a group in the configured directory.
userMap: Maps to the objectClass name representing a user in the configured directory.
containerMap: Maps to the class name for container.