RE: Adding attributes to existing classes in the schema

["Tony Vasile" <tvasile@nortelnetworks.com>]

An alternative is to create an auxiliary class with the required attributes,
and attach the auxiliary class instance at runtime to an instance of another
class.

> -----Original Message-----
> From: Rich Megginson [mailto:richm@netscape.com]
> Sent: Tuesday, September 04, 2001 12:59 PM
> To: Purushottam Goel
> Cc: Ietf-Ldapext@Netscape. Com (E-mail)
> Subject: Re: Adding attributes to existing classes in the schema
>
>
> Purushottam Goel wrote:
>
> > Hi,
> >
> > Is there any way that I can programmatically (using JLDAP) add
> new optional
> > attributes (user defined) to existing classes?
> > I am developing a directory based application where I need to extend the
> > class "top" with some of my user defined optional attributes so that all
> > objects in the directory can hold that attribute.
> > There seems to be no way in JLDAP to do it.
>
> You must first create and add your new attributes to the directory schema.
> Then, create a new objectclass inheriting from top and containing your new
> attributes and add it to the directory schema.
>
> > Also, I am using the Netscape Directory Server 4.13. When I go
> to the schema
> > page in the Server Management Console, and click on an existing
> class (like
> > top) the Edit button is disabled which suggests that Netscape Directory
> > Server 4.13 does not let me manually add attributes to existing
> classes. NDS
> > (Novell directory server) certainly lets you add attributes to existing
> > classes. Am I missing something?
>
> It is a very bad idea to change standard objectclasses.  The
> recommended way is
> to add new objectclass that inherit from existing ones.
>
> > Any help/pointers would be much appreciated...
> >
> > Regards,
> > Purushottam
> > pgoel@aztec.soft.net
>