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title: referral
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# referral

Represents a subordinate reference in the directory, in other words an entry that refers to another entry.

Use this object class with `extensibleObject` to allow the entry to support the naming attributes used in its DN.

|                       |                                                                                                                      |
| --------------------- | -------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- |
| *Names*               | referral                                                                                                             |
| *Origin*              | [RFC 3296](https://datatracker.ietf.org/doc/html/rfc3296)                                                            |
| *Description*         | named subordinate reference object                                                                                   |
| *Superior classes*    | [top](oc-top.html)                                                                                                   |
| *OID*                 | 2.16.840.1.113730.3.2.6                                                                                              |
| *Required attributes* | [ref](at-ref.html)                                                                                                   |
| *Schema file*         | 00-core.ldif                                                                                                         |
| *Class type*          | STRUCTURAL: for structural specification of the DIT. Entries have only one structural object class superclass chain. |