RE: compare uidNumber in LDAP

["Howard Chu" <hyc@highlandsun.com>]

Yes, that sounds about right.

  -- Howard Chu
  Chief Architect, Symas Corp.       Director, Highland Sun
  http://www.symas.com               http://highlandsun.com/hyc
  Symas: Premier OpenSource Development and Support 

> -----Original Message-----
> From: Jason Corley [mailto:Jason.Corley@togethersoft.com]
 
> So my understanding of your recommendation (or the attached 
> links) is to 
> create an entry like so:
> 
> 	dn: cn=maxUid,dc=example,dc=com
> 	objectClass: extensibleObject
> 	objectClass: top
> 	uidNumber: 500
> 
> And then do the following ldapmodify:
> 
> 	dn: cn=maxUid,dc=example,dc=com
> 	changetype: modify
> 	delete: uidNumber
> 	uidNumber: 500
> 	-
> 	add: uidNumber
> 	uidNumber: 501
> 
> Sorry if this is really basic, I'm just trying to make sure I 
> have a grasp on
> the solution.
> Jason
> 
> -----Original Message-----
> From: Howard Chu [mailto:hyc@highlandsun.com]
> Sent: Thursday, October 24, 2002 3:51 AM
> To: 'Derek Simkowiak'; 'Brian Leung'
> Cc: openldap-software@OpenLDAP.org
> Subject: RE: compare uidNumber in LDAP
> 
> 
> Best practice: search the archive.
> http://www.openldap.org/lists/openldap-software/200110/msg00548.html
> http://www.openldap.org/lists/openldap-software/200208/msg00358.html
> 
>   -- Howard Chu
>   Chief Architect, Symas Corp.       Director, Highland Sun
>   http://www.symas.com               http://highlandsun.com/hyc
>   Symas: Premier OpenSource Development and Support 
> 
> > -----Original Message-----
> > From: owner-openldap-software@OpenLDAP.org
> > [mailto:owner-openldap-software@OpenLDAP.org]On Behalf Of 
> Derek Simkowiak
> 
> > > My LDAP server's objects contain attribute uidNumber and i 
> > want to find
> > > out which is the maximum uidNumber.
> > 
> > 	I have this exact same problem!  Heh.  Let me guess: You want to
> > find the maximum uidNumber so that you can increment it by 
> > one and assign
> > that as the uidNumber for the next entry...?
> > 
> > > It is trouble that i use ldapsearch to find out which is 
> > maxmium so i
> > > find in cpan.perl.org.
> > 
> > 	I haven't tried to solve this problem yet.  I was 
> > hoping there was
> > some kind of auto-increment feature of LDAP that I haven't 
> found yet.
> > But if not, is the best thing to simply run a search?
> > 
> > 	Surely this is a common problem.  I imagine that the people who
> > came up with the posixAccount schema thought of a solution to 
> > this, or at
> > least, a "best practice".
> > 
> > 	What does everyone else do?
> > 
> > 
> > Thanks,
> > Derek
> > 
> > 
> > 
> > 
>