Overview#

DisplayName is used in several LDAP Server Implementations and Defined in RFC 2798

LDAP Attribute Definition #

The DisplayName AttributeTypes is Defined in RFC 2798 as:

• OID of 2.16.840.1.113730.3.1.241
• NAME: DisplayName
• DESC: 'preferred name of a person to be used when displaying entries'
• EQUALITY: caseIgnoreMatch
• ORDERING: caseIgnoreSubstringsMatch
• SYNTAX: 1.3.6.1.4.1.1466.115.121.1.15
• SYNTAX: 2.5.5.12 Microsoft Active Directory
• UPPERBOUND: 64512 eDirectory
• UPPERBOUND: 256 Microsoft Active Directory
• SINGLE-VALUE
• Extended Flags:
• Used as MUST in:
  • xTier-StorageLocation
• Used MAY in:
  • inetOrgPerson
  • sambaSamAccount
  • sambaGroupMapping
  • DirXML-pbxExtension
  • DirXML-nwoWorkOrder
  • DirXML-pbxAudixSubscriber

LDAP Attribute Definition Microsoft Active Directory#

The DisplayName AttributeTypes is defined as:

• CN: Display-Name
• OID of 1.2.840.113556.1.2.13
• NAME: DisplayName
• DESC: 'preferred name of a person to be used when displaying entries'
• SYNTAX: 2.5.5.12
• UPPERBOUND: 256
• SINGLE-VALUE
• ldapDisplayName: DisplayName
• omSyntax: 64
• isSingleValued: TRUE
• schemaIdGuid: bf967953-0de6-11d0-a285-00aa003049e2
• systemOnly: FALSE
• searchFlags: fANR | fATTINDEX
• rangeLower: 0
• rangeUpper: 256
• attributeSecurityGuid: 59ba2f42-79a2-11d0-9020-00c04fc2d3cf
• isMemberOfPartialAttributeSet: TRUE
• systemFlags: FLAG_SCHEMA_BASE_OBJECT
• schemaFlagsEx: FLAG_ATTR_IS_CRITICAL

More Information#

There might be more information for this subject on one of the following:

• 1.2.840.113556.1.2.13
• 1.3.6.1.4.1.7165.2.2.4
• 1.3.6.1.4.1.7165.2.2.6
• 2.16.840.1.113719.1.14.6.1.2011
• 2.16.840.1.113719.1.14.6.1.2012
• 2.16.840.1.113719.2.252.6.3
• 2.16.840.1.113730.3.1.241
• ANR attribute set
• Ambiguous Name Resolution
• DisplayName
• InetOrgPerson
• LDAP Object Identifier Descriptors
• MailboxRelatedObject
• Password Character Composition