Re: Adding attributetypes and objectclasses with ldapmodify?

[Norbert Klasen <norbert.klasen@daasi.de>]

--On Freitag, 30. November 2001 09:25 -0600 Michael Swanson 
<mswanson@argus-systems.com> wrote:

> I have successfully added attributetypes and objectclasses following the
> methods outlined in creating a schema file and including that file in my
> slapd.conf file.
>
> I was wondering if I could do the same action using ldapmodify and a ldif
> file?  Am I correct that this is not possible using the openldap software
> but is possible with other vendor's implementations?

Correct, OpenLDAP does not support dynamic changes of its schema. However 
this is supported in iPlanet, Novell eDirectory, IBM SecureWay Directory 
and (but not through changes to the subschemaSubentry) Microsoft Active 
Directory.

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