LDAP users as OU

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Published on 2010-05-26T08:58:50Z Indexed on 2010/05/26 9:03 UTC
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Hi,

i'm facing a strange LDAP configuration. Some admin, just created users as OU in OpenLDAP. To do it, the admin, changed some attributes in the OU like posixAccount, inetOrgPerson, organizationalPerson and person.. my question is what is the advantage to do it? It works, but i would like to know the drawbacks about it.

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