Re: fax matching rule

[Quanah Gibson-Mount <quanah@stanford.edu>]

--On Tuesday, May 24, 2005 10:43 AM -0400 Frank Swasey 
<Frank.Swasey@uvm.edu> wrote:

> On 05/24/2005 06:50 AM, Johann Botha wrote:
> > Hi!
> >
> > Which matching rule should be used for the fax attribute?
> >
> > using openldap 2.2.26
> >
> > from reading RFC 2256 it seems fax should not have a matching rule.
> >
> > Is there a matching rule I can use?
>
> In OpenLDAP 2.2, things were changed so that to create a fax matching
> rule you have to modify the code.  I have done so for the RPM's I
> maintain for UVM's OL implementation on RHEL3 and am willing to provide
> you the patch deck if you want it.
>
> I have not (nor will I) submit the patch deck to OL for inclusion because
> as you noted, the RFC doesn't define any matching rules, so what I have
> done and you are requesting violates the RFC.

I just populate a secondary attribute for the fax numbers and use that 
instead.

I would note that nothing prevents you or others from writing an update to 
the RFC that includes an equality matching rule.

--Quanah


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