Distinguished name

Specify a distinguished name to bind with for initial connection. If no connection name is specified, the initial connection is anonymous.

The fully-qualified name of an entry is call the distinguished name (DN). It is formed by starting with the name of the entry and appending the name of the nodes encountered when going from that entry to the root of the tree, separated by commas or semicolons.

For example: "cn=Tom Smith, loc=New York, ou=ABC, o=xyz.com"