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Welcome to the IBM® Domino 10.0.1 Administrator Help.
Configuring
Use this information to configure an IBM® Domino® network, users, servers (including Web servers), directory services, security, messaging, widgets and live text, and server clusters. Also use this information to set up IBM iNotes® on a server using Domino Off-Line Services (DOLS).
Configuring directory services
This section describes how to plan, set up, and use IBM® Domino® directory services.
Directory assistance
Directory assistance allows a server to look up information in a directory other than a local primary Domino® Directory (NAMES.NSF).
Directory assistance concepts
Before you set up directory assistance, read about these directory assistance concepts.
Directory assistance and naming rules
When you configure directory assistance for a directory, you define at least one naming rule that corresponds to the names of users in the directory. Naming rules are based on the X.500 distinguished name model. This model uses a directory tree name hierarchy of country (c), organization (o), and organizational unit (ou) to divide names into parts that together represent unique locations in the directory tree. This is also the naming model Domino® and Notes® have traditionally used.
How naming rules relate to directory search orders
To look up a name that corresponds to a naming rule defined in more than one Directory Assistance document, directory assistance uses the configured search orders for the directories to decide which directory to use, or which directory to use first.

How naming rules relate to directory search orders

To look up a name that corresponds to a naming rule defined in more than one Directory Assistance document, directory assistance uses the configured search orders for the directories to decide which directory to use, or which directory to use first.

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For example, if the Directory Assistance documents for directory A and directory B are assigned search orders of 2 and 1, respectively, and both documents contain only an all-asterisk rule, then directory assistance searches directory B before directory A.

The Directory Assistance view in the directory assistance database sorts Directory Assistance documents by their specified search order.

If you do not specify a search order, or if you assign the same search order to two directories, directory assistance searches the directories in alphabetical order, according to the value specified in the Domain name field of the Directory Assistance document.