Beautiful! Works like a charm!
-- DK
On Mon, 2005-05-09 at 14:02, Quanah Gibson-Mount wrote:
> --On Monday, May 09, 2005 1:36 PM -0500 Digant C Kasundra <digant@uta.edu>
> wrote:
>
> >> ># utaMailAlias -- email alias value
> >> > attributetype ( 1.3.6.1.4.1.19638.1.1.102 NAME 'utaMailAlias'
> >> > DESC 'Email alias'
> >> > SUP mail)
> >> >
> >
> >> Don't SUP it. Use your OID for the NAME, and use the same SYNTAX as the
> >> mail attribute. ;)
> >
> >
> > Here is a theoretical question that I'll ask to see if someone has
> > experience with it. If I change the above attributetype definition, but
> > currently have attributes of that type in my directory, will lead to
> > problems? I'm not familiar with the underlying structure used to store
> > or index these attributes in the backend to know how to predict the
> > results. I'll likely err on the side of caution and remove then reload
> > those attributes unless someone can assure me that it isn't necessary.
>
> First, look and see if there is an utaMailAlias.bdb file (that would be its
> index file). If there is you should be able to change the schema without
> affecting the database. Just keep the same SYNTAX and matching rules as
> the mail definition.
>
> We do something similar at Stanford:
>
> attributetype ( 0.9.2342.19200300.100.1.3
> NAME ( 'mail' 'rfc822Mailbox' )
> DESC 'RFC1274: RFC822 Mailbox'
> EQUALITY caseIgnoreIA5Match
> SUBSTR caseIgnoreIA5SubstringsMatch
> SYNTAX 1.3.6.1.4.1.1466.115.121.1.26{256} )
>
>
> attributetype (1.3.6.1.4.1.299.11.1.800 NAME ( 'suMailDrop' )
> EQUALITY caseIgnoreIA5Match
> SUBSTR caseIgnoreIA5SubstringsMatch
> SYNTAX 1.3.6.1.4.1.1466.115.121.1.26{256} )
>
>
> We were SUPPING some attributes until we too hit this same issue and then
> converted. ;)
>
> --Quanah
>
>
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> Quanah Gibson-Mount
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> ITSS/Shared Services
> Stanford University
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