Full_Name: Quanah Gibson-Mount Version: 2.1.16 OS: Solaris 8 URL: ftp://ftp.openldap.org/incoming/ Submission from: (NULL) (171.64.19.82) Hello, We have found it would be extremely useful for aliasing to be supported in LDAP. It is obviously too late for this in 2.1, but perhaps 2.2? We envision something like being able to make an Auxiliary objectclass with attribute "foo". "foo" could be aliased to another attribute (say suMailDrop). Anyone searching on "foo" would get back the value for "suMaildrop" but with the attribute name being "foo". This would allow us to make transparent upgrades/schema changes. Thanks, Quanah
This functionality can be achieved in OpenLDAP 2.1 using back-ldap or back-meta with attribute mapping. In OpenLDAP 2.2 the mapping facility will be provided as a plugin that can be attached to any backend, but currently it is only provided for those two backends. -- Howard Chu Chief Architect, Symas Corp. Director, Highland Sun http://www.symas.com http://highlandsun.com/hyc Symas: Premier OpenSource Development and Support > -----Original Message----- > From: owner-openldap-bugs@OpenLDAP.org > [mailto:owner-openldap-bugs@OpenLDAP.org]On Behalf Of quanah@stanford.edu > Full_Name: Quanah Gibson-Mount > Version: 2.1.16 > OS: Solaris 8 > URL: ftp://ftp.openldap.org/incoming/ > Submission from: (NULL) (171.64.19.82) > > > Hello, > > We have found it would be extremely useful for aliasing to be > supported in LDAP. > It is obviously too late for this in 2.1, but perhaps 2.2? > > We envision something like being able to make an Auxiliary > objectclass with > attribute "foo". "foo" could be aliased to another attribute > (say suMailDrop). > Anyone searching on "foo" would get back the value for > "suMaildrop" but with the > attribute name being "foo". This would allow us to make transparent > upgrades/schema changes. > > Thanks, > Quanah > > >
As noted in my response, as well as Howard's response to ITS#2431, OpenLDAP Software already supports some capabilities in this area. Some of those features are in 2.1, others targetted for 2.2. Additional related work (virtual views) is also underway. As it seems your request is already fulfilled in the current software (e.g., HEAD), I believe this request should be closed. I encourage you to experiment with the current software, see if the features it provides meet your needs and, if not, submit a more detailed/specific feature request (or a patch). Kurt
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--On Thursday, April 10, 2003 5:16 PM +0000 Kurt Zeilenga <openldap-its@OpenLDAP.org> wrote: > As noted in my response, as well as Howard's response to ITS#2431, > OpenLDAP Software already supports some capabilities in this area. Some > of those features are in 2.1, others targetted for 2.2. Additional > related work (virtual views) is also underway. As it seems your request > is already > fulfilled in the current software (e.g., HEAD), I believe this request > should be closed. I encourage you to experiment with the current > software, see if the features it provides meet your needs and, if not, > submit a more detailed/specific feature request (or a patch). Sounds good to me. --Quanah -- Quanah Gibson-Mount Senior Systems Administrator ITSS/TSS/Computing Systems Stanford University GnuPG Public Key: http://www.stanford.edu/~quanah/pgp.html
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supported in HEAD?