Active Directory Cookbook for windows server 2003- P32:If you are familiar with the O'Reilly Cookbook format that can be seen in other popular books, such as the Perl Cookbook, Java Cookbook, and DNS and BIND Cookbook, then the layout of this book will not be anything new to you. The book is composed of 18 chapters, each containing 10-30 recipes for performing a specific Active Directory task. Within each recipe are four sections: problem, solution, discussion, and see also. | Table 10-3. attributeSyntax and oMSyntax combinations Name attributeSyntax oMSyntax Description PrintableString 19 Case-sensitive string that contains characters from the printable character set. ReplicaLink 127 Used by Active Directory internally. Sid 4 Octet string that contains a security identifier SID . UTCTime 23 Time string format defined by standards. The searchFiags attribute is a bit flag that defines special properties related to searching with the attribute. Table 10-4 contains the values that can be set for this attribute. The values are cumulative so in order to index an attribute and include it in ANR searches you would set a value of 5 1 4 . Table 10-4. searchFlags bit values Value Description 1 Index over attribute. See Recipe for more information. 2 Index over container and attribute. 4 Include as part of Ambiguous Name Resolution ANR . Should be used in addition to 1. See Recipe for more information. 8 Preserve attribute in tombstone objects. 16 Copy attribute when duplicating an object. See Recipe for more information. 32 Create a tuple index for this attribute. This improves the response time for searches that put a wildcard in front of the search string for the attribute . givenname on . See Also Recipe for setting a bit flag Recipe for adding a new class and Recipe for reloading the schema 321 Recipe Viewing an Attribute Problem You want to view the properties of an attribute. Solution Using a graphical user interface 1. Open the Active Directory Schema snap-in. 2. In the left pane click on the Attributes folder. 3. In the right pane double-click the attribute you want to view. 4. Click on each tab to view the available properties. Using a command-line interface In the following command replace AttrConmonName with the common name not LDAP display dame of the attribute you want to view dsquery cn schema cn configuration .
