This section describes the DIT category in the LDAP Browser view.
In the DIT category the directory information tree of the LDAP directory is displayed in its natural hierarchical structure. The first hierachy level contains the base entries, the Root DSE and the schema entry. When expanding an entry its direct children are fetched from directory. To expand and collapse an entry you could also double-click.
While browsing the directory the LDAP Browser tries to find out if a fetched entry has children. Entries without children couldn't be expanded. This behaviour could be changed in the LDAP Browser preferences .
By default the RDN of the entries is used as label and the length of the label is limited to 50 characters. This behaviour could be changed in the LDAP Browser preferences . For the Base entries always the whole DN is used as label.
If an entry has child entries the number of children is appended in parentheses to the label. If the directory server returned a partial result (e.g. because of count or time limits) a plus (+) character is appended to the number of children to indicate that there are more child entries. Note: The limit parameters are inherited from connection properties.
The following icons are used to distinguish entry types:
| Icon | Description |
|---|---|
| Entry with cn, sn or uid as RDN. |
| Entry with o or ou as RDN. |
| Entry with c, dc or l as RDN. |
| Alias entry. |
| Referral entry. |
| The schema entry. |
| The root DSE entry. |
| All other entries |
In the DIT category there are two ways to handle aliases and referral objects:
If the option "Show alias and referral objects" is checked in the LDAP Browser preferences , aliases and referrals and their target entry are explicitly displayed. Aliases and referrals could by identified by the
or
icon. The target entry is appended as a child of
the alias or referral entry. The target entry of
an alias entry is labeled by its complete DN.
The target entry of a referral entry is labeled
by its URL. In case of referrals the
Select Referral Connection dialog
appears to select the target connection matching
the referral URL.
If the previous option isn't checked the handling of aliases and referrals is determined by the Connection properties .
By default the entries of large branches are folded into
virtual folders
each with 100 entries. This may help to keep the displayed
tree smaller. This behaviour could be changed in the
LDAP Browser preferences
.
