Distinguished names always start with a leading period. The leading period tells NDS that the name is distinguished and, thus, has its current context already appended to it. Never end a distinguished name with a period. Relative Distinguished Names. When NDS is told that Brenda.
Benefits is a relative distinguished name, it appends the current context onto it.
Never use a leading period with a relative distinguished name. However, you can end a relative distinguished name with a period. This is usually the name shown next to the leaf object in the NDS tree. The Printer object's common name is Printer. Common names are relative distinguished names.