1 files changed, 5 insertions, 0 deletions
diff --git a/ipalib/util.py b/ipalib/util.py
index d9221605d..9c995825e 100644
--- a/ipalib/util.py
+++ b/ipalib/util.py
@@ -150,3 +150,8 @@ def make_repr(name, *args, **kw):
     args = [repr(a) for a in args]
     kw = ['%s=%r' % (k, kw[k]) for k in sorted(kw)]
     return '%s(%s)' % (name, ', '.join(args + kw))
+
+def realm_to_suffix(realm_name):
+    s = realm_name.split(".")
+    terms = ["dc=" + x.lower() for x in s]
+    return ",".join(terms)