Naming Conventions

Why have and follow naming conventions? To keep your work and data organized and to bring consistency, which makes it easy to process and get results. Before taking any actions with naming conventions, review these best practices carefully. We recommend following the naming practices outlined in the following links.

Systemd User and Group Naming Syntax

https://systemd.io/USER_NAMES/

Active Directory User and Group Naming Requirements

https://social.technet.microsoft.com/wiki/contents/articles/11216.active-directory-requirements-for-creating-objects.aspx

Configurable Characters

Configurable characters are used in specific ADB designations. While these are configurable, we recommend using the default values.

• DomainSeparator: Character used to designate the domain name separator.
• SpaceReplacement: Character used to designate space characters in the name of an object.

The DomainSeparator and SpaceReplacement characters should never overlap characters used in any of the following: LDAP CN, distinguishedName, SamAccountName, UPN, uid, displayName.

For more information about configurable characters usage in ADB, see Lsass.