HKUST LDAP Service

Server Settings

Server Alias Name: ldap.ust.hk
Port Number: 389
Search Root/Base DN: o=ust.hk

Directory Information Tree (DIT), Schema and Attributes

LDAP organizes directory in tree-like structure into DIT (Directory Information Tree). You can get more information about this in section Understanding LDAP. We organized the DIT in following structure:

The following are the attributes stored in a users' DN entry that you may find interest:

Attribute Name Description
cn Full name
cn;lang-zh-tw Chinese full name in BIG5 code
sn Surname or first name
givenName Given name or last name
personalTitle Title such as Prof, Dr, Mr, Miss, Mrs
ou Organization unit, i.e. department name
departmentCode Department code, such as ITSC, PAO, complete listings found in here
title Functional title in department
telephoneNumber Office telephone number
roomNumber Office room number
description Personal remarks
mail Email address
uid ITSC account name
userClass Class of user, such as staff, undergrad and postgrad

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Attribute Name	Description
`cn`	Full name
`cn;lang-zh-tw`	Chinese full name in BIG5 code
`sn`	Surname or first name
`givenName`	Given name or last name
`personalTitle`	Title such as Prof, Dr, Mr, Miss, Mrs
`ou`	Organization unit, i.e. department name
`departmentCode`	Department code, such as ITSC, PAO, complete listings found in here
`title`	Functional title in department
`telephoneNumber`	Office telephone number
`roomNumber`	Office room number
`description`	Personal remarks
`mail`	Email address
`uid`	ITSC account name
`userClass`	Class of user, such as staff, undergrad and postgrad