Re: [ldapext] Attribute type ref, usage distributedOperation and Manage DSA IT mode

["Kurt D. Zeilenga" <Kurt@OpenLDAP.org>]

At 12:15 AM 5/5/2004, Michael Ströder wrote:
>HI!
>
>The USAGE of attribute type 'ref' is distributedOperation.
>
> From draft-ietf-ldapbis-models-10:
>
>  A usage of directoryOperation, distributedOperation, or dSAOperation
>  indicates that attributes of this type represent operational and/or
>  administrative information.  That is, they are operational attributes.
>
>So far, so good.
>
>But if a client is in Manage DSA IT mode 'ref' is not an operational attribute from the client's perspective.

Says which RFC?

The Manage DSA IT control does not alter the usage of attribute
types.  The control just causes the operation to act in a DSA IT
instead in the DIT.

>How should the client behave?
>Background: In web2ldap I solely present non-operational and user-editable attributes to the user when generating input forms. Hmm, I probably have to add special treatment for 'ref' considering the Manage DSA IT mode.
>
>Ciao, Michael.
>
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