NNS ADix - How to...Create Contact Objects

	NNS ADix - How to...Create Contact Objects

This topic describes how to create contact objects with NNS ADix.

The following table contains a list attributes which are mandatory when creating contact objects:

Attribute	Type	Description
path	single-valued	The object path of the computer object to create. Example: LDAP://cn=j.doe,ou=contacts,dc=dom,dc=com
class	single-valued	Provides the object class. Must be set to 'contact'.
cn	single-valued	The name of the contact object. Example: j.doe

In addition to the mandatory attributes you can set various optional attributes. The following table
contains a list of some attributes you can set:

Attribute	Type	Description
sn	single-valued	The last name of the contact.
givenName	single-valued	The first name of the contact.
displayName	single-valued	The display name of the contact object. E.g. the display name is used in Microsoft Exchange address books.
memberOf	multi-valued	The groups, that the contact is a member of. The import file can contain the distinguished names or the pre-Windows 2000 logon names of the groups. The Directory Services always stores these values as distinguished names.
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Example:

The following example creates a contact named 'j.doe':

path;class;cn;sn;giveName;displayName
LDAP://cn=j.doe,ou=contacts,dc=dom,dc=com;contact;j.doe;DOE;John;DOE John