German: <a href="https://www.helpdesk.rrze.uni-erlangen.de/faq/Glossar/DN">DN</a><br><br>DN stands for Distinguished Name<br><br>A Distinguished Name is used to uniquely identify an entry within an <a href="https://www.helpdesk.rrze.uni-erlangen.de/faq/Glossary/LDAP_directory">LDAP Directory</a>. It consists of all <a href="https://www.helpdesk.rrze.uni-erlangen.de/faq/Glossary/RDN">Relative Distinguished Names</a>, starting at the entry itself up to root.<br><br>Source: Florian Löffler, SA: Entwicklung und Implementierung einer
Visualisierungslösung für LDAP Access Controls, Erlangen 2009.