Re: rootdse option in slapd.conf (ITS#1588)

[Kurt@OpenLDAP.org]

At 07:36 AM 2002-02-07, you wrote:
>Full_Name: Norbert Klasen
>Version: Head
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>URL: ftp://ftp.openldap.org/incoming/
>Submission from: (NULL) (172.178.25.164)
>
>
>The name of this option is differs in documentation, code and logging:
>In /doc/man/man5/slapd.conf.5 it is "rootDSEfile <file>".

The man page is in error.  I've committed a fix.

>As a sample for a rootDSE file I suggest using the vendor schema from RFC3045 ... (where the version) is changed to the actual version by make install.

I have no problem with providing an example ldif as long as that
example is not enabled by default.  That is, the installed slapd.conf
would have:
        # Administrator defined Root DSE attributes
        # rootdse /path/to/rootdse.ldif

Please feel free to submit a patch.

>On the other
>hand, implementing this in root_dse_info() would probably be the right thing to
>do(TM).

IMO, that would be a bad thing to do.  I refer those
interested in discussions regarding pros and cons of
vendor information in the Root DSE to IETF LDAPext
mailing list archives.

Kurt