Re: Missing Syntax

[Michael Ströder <michael@stroeder.com>]

Nik Svoboda wrote:
>   I have noticed that in the openldap system I am using, the schema has 
> a missing syntax. This syntax is "1.3.6.1.4.1.1466.115.121.1.58" ; 
> "Substring Assertion". This is referenced in matching types using 
> partial matching of strings (exactsubstringsmatch, 
> numericStringSubstringsMatch, ...). I am fairly new to these subjects 
> and do not understand fully how they operate.

What do you mean which "matching types"? "Matching rules" or 
"attribute types"?

> Is there a way to correct this?

Depends on what you really want to achieve. Can you tell us?
Looking into RFC 2252 and RFC 3698 I cannot imagine what you want.

> Are the syntaxes and matching types 
> specified in a way that can be modified dynamically?

Syntaxes and their matching rules have to be coded in C. There's 
no dynamic configuration for these.

Ciao, Michael.

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