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Re: Question about attribute name
Hi Gavin,
Thanks for the reply.
You are right I have not requested for OID. The reason is I am just
testing out few things right now and see if our application would work
as is with OpenLDAP.
I am using OpenLDAP v 2.3.36.
I did not get you when you say "Short names", it seems more like
description. I am having problem with NAME field of attributeType.
I have checked the link you have sent, but really not able to make
much out of that, may be because I am new to OpenLDAP.
Any help is much appreciated.
Regards,
Rana Biswas
On 10/2/07, Gavin Henry <ghenry@suretecsystems.com> wrote:
> Rana Biswas wrote:
> > Hi,
> >
> > When I add an attribute named "cm.host" in my OpenLDAP schema, I
> > get an invalid name error.
> >
> > The attribute I added is:
> > attributeType ( 2.5.4.2.2 NAME 'cm.host'
> > DESC 'host name'
> > EQUALITY caseIgnoreMatch
> > SUBSTR caseIgnoreSubstringsMatch
> > SYNTAX 1.3.6.1.4.1.1466.115.121.1.15{32768} )
> >
> > I am getting the following error: Invalid NAME: "cm.host"
> >
> > Does this mean attribute in OpenLDAP schema cannot have dot in attribute name
> > or I am doing something wrong.
> > Is there any way around, I cannot change the schema and our
> > application depend on this data.
> >
> > Thanks in advance.
> >
> > Regards,
> > Rana Biswas
>
> What version of OpenLDAP are you using?
>
> Where did you add this attribute? It looks like you've hacked
> core.schema and not requested your own OID. Please read:
>
> http://www.openldap.org/doc/admin23/schema.html#Extending%20Schema
>
> According to rfc4512, section 1.4:
>
> Short names, also known as descriptors, are used as more readable
> aliases for object identifiers. Short names are case insensitive and
> conform to the ABNF
>
> ABNF has:
>
> DOT = %x2E ; period (".")
>
> So I read that as 'cm.host' be valid, I'm just not sure how it is to be
> written in a schema.
>
> Anyone correct/clarify?
>
> Thanks.
>
> --
> Kind Regards,
>
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