Re: Attribute Uniqueness

["Robert Klopotoski, Jr." <rklopoto@endicott.edu>]

> > >> How do I configure slapd(8) to prevent two objects in the database
> > >> from having the same value in a particular attribute?  That is, how do
> > >> I configure slapd(8) ensure that values of a particular attribute are
> > >> unique throughout the database?
> > >
> > > man slapo-unique
> > >
> > > Jon Roberts
> >
> > I have read the man page on slapo-unique, and have the following in my
> > slapd.conf:
> >
> > overlay unique
> > unique_base "dc=myorg,dc=edu"
> > unique_attributes maillocaladdress,mail
> >
> > When I try to start the daemon, I get the following error:
> >
> > line 140 (overlay unique )
> > overlay "unique" not found
> >
> > What am I missing?  Do I have to install the overlay from source, or is 
> > it
> > something built in?
> >
> > Rob
>
> It looks like the Debian package include the unique overlay module.
>
> Did you load the unique overlay module in your slapd.conf?:
>
> moduleload unique.la
>
> Sam

That was it!  I appreciate the guidance from you, and the others who 
responded.  I now have slapd running with no complaints in syslog.