Re: userid UID

[mcs@netscape.com (Mark C Smith)]

Vesna Hassler wrote:

> At 16:09 30.11.98 -0500, you wrote:
> >X.500's uniqueIdentifer attribute is
> >called x500uniqueidentifier for LDAP purposes.  This is all a bit
> >confusing....
>
> It really is :( Why does this attribute (x500uniqueIdentifier) have a
> different name,
> but the same OID (2.5.4.45) as uniqueIdentifier?
>
>     ( 2.5.4.45
>       NAME 'x500UniqueIdentifier'
>       EQUALITY bitStringMatch
>       SYNTAX 1.3.6.1.4.1.1466.115.121.1.6 )

I don't remember the details, although it you may be able to find some
discussion in the LDAP EXT or ASID archives.  I think there was a
conflict with another attribute type of the same name that had a
different meaning.

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Mark Smith
Netscape Communications Corp. / Directory Server Engineering
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