8.5. Managing Organizational Units

Administrators can use organizational units (OU) as a container for directory entries. For example, you can use OUs to separate user and group entries. To manage OUs in Directory Server, use the dsidm organizationalunit command.
  • To create an OU, enter:
    # dsidm -D "cn=Directory Manager" ldap://server.example.com -b "dc=example,dc=com" organizationalunit create --ou OU_name
  • To list the OUs in an entry, enter:
    # dsidm -D "cn=Directory Manager" ldap://server.example.com -b "dc=example,dc=com" organizationalunit list
    People
    ...
  • To rename an OU, enter:
    # dsidm -D "cn=Directory Manager" ldap://server.example.com -b "dc=example,dc=com" organizationalunit rename old_name new_name
  • To delete an OU, enter:
    # dsidm -D "cn=Directory Manager" ldap://server.example.com -b "dc=example,dc=com" organizationalunit delete OU_name