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Re: substring filters using DN attributes ?
Date forwarded: Fri, 21 Jul 2000 17:18:07 -0700 (PDT)
Date sent: Fri, 21 Jul 2000 17:17:56 -0700
To: sanjay jain <sanjay.jain@software.com>
From: "Kurt D. Zeilenga" <Kurt@OpenLDAP.org>
Subject: Re: substring filters using DN attributes ?
Copies to: ldapext <ietf-ldapext@netscape.com>
Forwarded by: ietf-ldapext@netscape.com
I think we have an excellent case here for the introduction of a new
matching rule that will indeed allow matches of the type required on
DNs.
David
> At 04:45 PM 7/21/00 -0700, sanjay jain wrote:
> >It looks like from standard LDAP schema that
> >substring matching is not allowed for DN syntax
> >attributes. E.g. for 'member' attribute.
> >Does it mean from
> ><http://www.ietf.org/internet-drafts/draft-just-ldapv3-rescodes-02.tx
> >t>http://www.ietf.org/internet-drafts/draft-just-ldapv3-rescodes-02.t
> >xt section 5.2.2.1.3 that if an LDAP server gets a filter like:
> >member=*dc=org1,dc=com it should return 'inappropriateMatching' error
> >code ?
>
> No.
>
> The filter (member=*dc=org1,dc=com) is Undefined. The operation
> may complete successful with no entries being returned.
>
>
>
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