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Re: [ldapext] Dynamic values in LDIF



>>>> Michael Ströder <michael@stroeder.com> 11/8/04 3:15:25 AM >>>
>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).
>
>There's not a single sub schema sub entry. In fact there could be many.
>=> you have to know something a priory about the DSA before updating one
>of its sub schema sub entries.
Exactly (thus the "in effect for the object(s)" bit). This is why I'm wondering about a mechanism to (apriori) gather the knowledge needed to update the schema which the application intends to update.

>> Is there any effort underway to do something like this?
>
>Frankly I don't believe it's worth to think about something like this
>any further. If you modify something like the sub schema via LDAP you
>already implemented kind of a LDAP client and pointed it to a specific
>server.
I apparently worded my message poorly. My intent is to NOT have to implement anything other than an LDIF file.

>Ciao, Michael.
Jim
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