Re: Can not add aliases with schema checking on (ITS#3017)

[ando@sys-net.it]

> Full_Name: Tom Hallam
> Version: 2.1.25
> OS: Solaris
> URL: ftp://ftp.openldap.org/incoming/
> Submission from: (NULL) (130.95.208.6)
>
>
> If schema checking is on you can not add an alias as the server refuses
> to add an object without a valid naming attribute.
>
>     naming attribute 'uid' is not present in entry
>
> If you try to add the attribute it refuses to add it as it is not valid
> for the alias object class.
>
>     attribute 'uid' not allowed
>
> This behaviour seems to have changed from version 2.1.12
>
> Turning schema checking off fixes issue.
>
> Naming attributes should not be required for aliases when schema
> checking is on.

This is not a bug in OpenLDAP's software;
it might be considered a flaw in alias
design.

As a workaround, add

objectClass: extensibleObject
uid: <your entry's naming uid>

to the entry.

p.

-- 
Pierangelo Masarati
mailto:pierangelo.masarati@sys-net.it