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Specify a User or Group Container

Perform the following procedure to specify a user or group container.

Follow these steps:

1. Locate the Container element in the User Object or Group Object section.
2. Supply values for the following parameters:

   objectclass

   Determines the LDAP object class of the container where objects of a specific type are created. For example, the default value for the user container is "top,organizationalUnit," which indicates that users are created in LDAP organizational units (ou).

   When you are managing dynamic or nested groups, be sure to specify an objectclass supporting these group types.

   Note: This parameter is required.

   attribute

   Specifies the attribute that stores the container name, for example, ou.

   The attribute is paired with the value to form the relative DN of the container, as in the following example:

   ou=People

   Note: This parameter is required.

   value

   Specifies the name of the container.

   Note: This parameter is required.

Note: You cannot specify containers for organizations.