Re: SLAPD question regarding parent DNs

[JR Heisey <jr.heisey@mediagate.com>]

Hi Hallvard,

Thanks for the help. Is there a document or RFC that I could read
more about this to get a better understanding?

Thanks,
--
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J. R. Heisey

Hallvard B Furuseth wrote:

> JR Heisey writes:
> > cn=Joe Smith,cn=Recipients,ou=Engineering,o="MediaGate, Inc." (...)
> >
> > The server function dn_parent() (in dn.c) parses the DN to
> > determine the parent DN is calculated to be
> >
> > cn=Recipients,ou=Engineering,o="MediaGate, Inc."
>
> That's the correct answer.
>
> > Should cn=Recipients be consider part of the parent or
> > should the parent actually be
> >
> > ou=Engineering,o="MediaGate, Inc."
>
> No.  dn_parent() strips one RDN off the DN.  I assume you are thinking
> of "cn" vs. "ou", but the attribute types of the DN components are
> irrelevant in this regard.
>
> --
> Hallvard


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