Re: [ldapext] [Fwd: LDAP C API gripes]

[simo <idra@samba.org>]

On Wed, 2007-02-21 at 07:47 -0800, Howard Chu wrote:
> Howard Chu wrote:
> > I've created this page  http://scratchpad.wikia.com/wiki/LDAP_C_API 
> > for putting together ideas for a new LDAP C API. The fact that the 
> > last LDAPv3 API doc never made it out of draft status really needs to 
> > be addressed, and there are so many flaws with the API (essentially 
> > inherited from the LDAPv2 API) that it's obvious a simple refresh is 
> > inadequate. The fact that groups like the Samba team have decided it 
> > was necessary to create their own LDAP API underscores the point. If 
> > anybody has comments on what is broken and how it can be fixed, please 
> > chime in.
> 
> Something else that comes to mind - the client library ought to be 
> schema-aware. This is something that was always a given in X.500 
> clients, but has never had any priority in LDAP clients. It might be 
> worthwhile to implement syntax validation in the library, to catch bogus 
> inputs before talking to any servers...

Does it mean making the client retrieve the schema from the server each
time? Might work on long lived apps, but an ldapadd would terribly
suffer ...

Simo.

-- 
Simo Sorce
Samba Team GPL Compliance Officer
email: idra@samba.org
http://samba.org


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