Microsoft Active Directory tools and trouble shooting

bullet1 Schema

bullet2 Class identifiers (object class is essentially a named set of attributes)

  • Cn
  • Schema
  • IDGUID
  • OID = a registered globally unique dotted numeric string identifying the object (OIDgen can b be used to generate your own base OID)
  • LDAP display name
  • CLASSES
  • Merging forests is not possible since each forest has a unique schema

bullet3 Cn

bullet3 Schema

  • Schema manager
    Before running the Schema manager snap-in,  schmmgmt.DLL must be registered (regsvr32  schmmgmt), or install the admin pack  (adminpak.msi)




     
  • Schema cache is updated every 5 minutes
     
  • Additions cannot be deleted
     

bullet3 IDGUID

bullet3 OID = a registered globally unique dotted numeric string identifying the object (OIDgen can b be used to generate your own base OID)

bullet3 LDAP display name

bullet3 CLASSES

  • Top (abstract)
     
  • Person (abstract)
     
  • Organizational person (abstract)
     
  • User, security principle, mail recipient
     
  • Structural class
     
  • To create an object, all of the "must have" attributes are required
     

bullet3 Merging forests is not possible since each forest has a unique schema