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title: member
description: Distinguished names of objects that are part of a group.
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# member

Distinguished names of objects that are part of a group.

|                             |                                                                                                                          |
| --------------------------- | ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------ |
| *OID*                       | 2.5.4.31                                                                                                                 |
| *Names*                     | member                                                                                                                   |
| *Superior type*             | [distinguishedName](at-distinguishedName.html)                                                                           |
| *Syntax*                    | [DN](s-DN.html)                                                                                                          |
| *Equality matching rule*    | [distinguishedNameMatch](mr-distinguishedNameMatch.html)                                                                 |
| *Substring matching rule*   | [caseIgnoreSubstringsMatch](mr-caseIgnoreSubstringsMatch.html)                                                           |
| *Single value*              | false: multiple values allowed                                                                                           |
| *User modification allowed* | true                                                                                                                     |
| *Usage*                     | userApplications                                                                                                         |
| *Origin*                    | [RFC 4519](https://datatracker.ietf.org/doc/html/rfc4519)                                                                |
| *Schema file*               | 00-core.ldif                                                                                                             |
| *Used by*                   | [groupOfEntries](oc-groupOfEntries.html), [groupOfMembers](oc-groupOfMembers.html), [groupOfNames](oc-groupOfNames.html) |