Re: [ldapext] Dynamic values in LDIF

[Mark Smith <mcs@pearlcrescent.com>]

We discussed some ideas along these lines when I was at Netscape.  Our 
conclusion was that this took LDIF too close to a scripting language, 
and that standardization of such a thing probably would be difficult. 
But no one can stop you from trying ;-)

-Mark


Jim Sermersheim wrote:
> It's difficult (well, impossible I guess) to write an LDIF file which 
> can be used to update schema because one never knows the name of the 
> subschema subentry in effect for the object(s) for which the schema is 
> being updated. (I'm assuming a DSA which can modify schema. i.e. 
> X.501(93) Clause 14.5).
>  
> If LDIF were extended to allow (at least) DN replacement, this would 
> allow an LDIF to be used to update schema (without the LDIF being 
> modified for each DSA it is to be applied to). Something like an 
> assignment directive in form of a search URL could be used to assign a 
> value to a variable, then that variable could be used in subsequent LDIF 
> records.
>  
> Is there any effort underway to do something like this?


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