Re: (ITS#7563) slapd modifies attribute value of pwdAttribute

[michael@stroeder.com]

Michael Ströder wrote:
> Howard, please try yourself first before answering.
> Dieter is right here.
> 
> Example:
> 
> dn: cn=Default Password Policy,ou=Policies,dc=stroeder,dc=de
> changetype: modify
> delete: pwdAttribute
> pwdAttribute: userPassword
> -
> add: pwdAttribute
> pwdAttribute: 2.5.4.35
> -
> 
> Reading it:
> 
> dn: cn=Default Password Policy,ou=Policies,dc=stroeder,dc=de
> cn: Default Password Policy
> [..]
> pwdAttribute: userPassword
> [..]
> 
> I vaguely remember I had to implement a work-around in web2ldap to deal with
> that when generating delta modification data when the user edits such an entry.

BTW: This has nothing to do with replication.

Howard Chu wrote before:

"Also as a general rule the X.500 data model requires that a server store and
return exactly what the user provided."

see http://www.openldap.org/lists/openldap-technical/201303/msg00189.html

Ciao, Michael.