OSF DCE Administration Guide--Core Components

Valid Characters and Naming Rules for CDS
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Characteristic CDS GDS DNS
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Ordering of
Name Elements
Big endian (left to right
from root to lower-level
names).
Big endian (left to right
from root to lower-level
names).
Little endian (right to left
from root to lower-level
names).
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A.3 Maximum Name Sizes
Table A-3 lists the maximum sizes for directory service names. Note that the limits are
implementation specific, not architectural.
TABLE A-3. Maximum Sizes of Directory Service Names
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Maximum Size
Name Type (characters)
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CDS simple name (character string between two
slashes)
254
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CDS full name (including global or local prefix, cell
name, and slashes separating simple names)
1023
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GDS relative distinguished name 64
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GDS distinguished name 1024
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DNS relative name (character string between two
dots)
64
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DNS fully qualified name (sum of all relative names) 255
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