A DSE that is located at the root of the DIT. For more information, see "Getting the Root DSE" of ChapterĀ 10, "Retrieving Server Information."
An entry (a DSE) that is located at the root of the DIT. For information on getting the root DSE of an LDAP server, see "Getting the Root DSE".
An entry that is automatically generated by the Directory Server and is returned from a baseObject search with a DN that is empty (zero bytes long). The Root DSE provides information to clients about the server's configuration, such as a pointer to the subschema entry, a list of the DNs of the naming contexts held by the server, and a list of the LDAPv3 controls and extensions which the server supports. See also DSE.
See root directory specific entry.
(Internet Directory Administrator's Guide; search in this book)
Conceptually the topmost entry in a LDAP hierarchy - think of it as a super root and normally invisible i.e. not accessed in normal operations. Sometimes confused with root or base or suffix. DSE stands for DSA Specific Entry and DSA in turn stands for Directory System Agent (any directory enabled service providing DAP or LDAP access). Information about the rootDSE may be obtained in OpenLDAP by querying the OpenLDAProoDSE classobject and will provide information about protocol versions supported, services supported and the naming-context(s) or DIT(s) supported.