2.2.8.1.5 GPO AddRequest

The creation of the Active Directory portion of the new GPO MUST be accomplished through an LDAP addRequest message with the following parameters:

Parameter

Value

entry

A GPO DN that is unique for the GPO in the domain. An administrative tool MUST generate the GUID portion of the GPO DN by using the GUID-generation algorithm, as specified in [C706] Appendix A Universal Unique Identifier, to ensure that the DN is unique in the domain.

attributes

MUST contain two attributes: objectClass and cn.

The LDAP addRequest message attributes parameter has the following format:

Attribute name

Value

Meaning

objectClass

MUST be the directory string value "groupPolicyContainer".

Name of the Active Directory object class type to create through this message.

cn

MUST be a curly braced GUID string in directory string format.

Name of the Active Directory GPO container.

Similar addRequest messages MUST be made to create subcontainers of the groupPolicyContainer object. The addRequest messages MUST have the following parameters and attributes.