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2.3.2 LDAP Entries for Domain-Based DFS Namespaces

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LDAP entries exist in both domainv1-based DFS namespace and domainv2-based DFS namespace. This relationship is shown in the following figure.

Organization of DFS-related LDAP entries in DFS namespaces

Figure 1: Organization of DFS-related LDAP entries in DFS namespaces

Each domainv1-based DFS namespace has its DFS metadata stored in the directory service as a BLOB in the pKT attribute of an LDAP entry.

Each domainv2-based DFS namespace has one DFS namespace anchor LDAP entry, one DFS namespace LDAP entry below it, and one LDAP entry per DFS link in the namespace under the DFS namespace LDAP entry.

Like the relative distinguished name (RDN) of a domainv1-based DFS namespace, the relative distinguished name (RDN) of a domainv2-based DFS namespace entry is based on the DFS namespace. Thus, there is no issue of a name collision with a domainv1-based DFS namespace and a domainv2-based DFS namespace having the same name. The directory service will fail an attempt to create such a scenario.

 The following sections specify both domain-based DFS namespace formats.