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Create New Attribute Dialog Box

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Applies To: Windows Server 2008, Windows Server 2008 R2, Windows Server 2012

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Common Name

The name that represents an object and that is used to perform searches.

LDAP Display Name

The name that will be used by Lightweight Directory Access Protocol (LDAP) clients, such as the Active Directory Service Interfaces (ADSI) LDAP provider, to read and write the attribute using the LDAP protocol.

Unique X.500 Object ID

The object identifier (also known as OID) that is the value for the attributeID attribute of the attributeSchema object. You must apply to either the International Standards Organization (ISO) or Microsoft for a unique X.500 object identifier.

Syntax and Range
  • Syntax : Specifies a list of available syntaxes, that is, data types that can be assigned to a new attribute, such as integer, string, or date. Every attribute of every object is associated with exactly one syntax.

  • Minimum : Provides space for you to specify the minimum value for the new attribute. Valid characters are 0 through 9. The minimum acceptable value is determined by the attribute's syntax. Integer, Large Integer, and Enumeration syntaxes accept negative numbers. For these syntaxes, the smallest value that can be entered is -2,147,483,648. For all other syntaxes, the smallest value that can be entered is 0 (zero).

  • Maximum : Provides space for you to specify the maximum value for the new attribute. Valid characters are 0 through 9. The maximum acceptable value is determined by the attribute's syntax. If minimum and maximum values are defined, the maximum value must be greater than or equal to the minimum value.

Multi-valued

Click if the new attribute is to be multivalued. In LDAP, attributes can be single-valued (that is, they can be assigned one value only) or multivalued (they can be assigned many values). An example of a single-valued attribute is "manager" because a user can only have one manager. An example of a multivalued attribute is "member" because a group can have many members.

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