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DS_C_NAME_ERROR

An instance of OM class DS_C_NAME_ERROR reports a name-related directory service error.

An application is not permitted to create or modify instances of this OM class. An instance of this OM class has the OM attributes of its superclasses, OM_C_OBJECT and DS_C_ERROR, in addition to the OM attribute listed in the following table.


OM Attribute of DS_C_NAME_ERROR


OM Attribute
Value Syntax Value Length Value Number Value Initially
DS_MATCHED Object(DS_C_
NAME
- 1 -
· DS_MATCHED
This attribute identifies the initial part (up to, but excluding, the first RDN that is unrecognized) of the name that is supplied, or of the name resulting from dereferencing an alias. It names the lowest entry (object or alias) in the DIT that is matched.

The OM attribute DS_PROBLEM, which is inherited from the superclass DS_C_ERROR, identifies the cause of the failure. Its value is one of the following:

· DS_E_ALIAS_DEREFERENCING_PROBLEM

· DS_E_ALIAS_PROBLEM

· DS_E_INVALID_ATTRIBUTE_VALUE

· DS_E_NO_SUCH_OBJECT