Re: (ITS#7605) Configuration entries (under cn=config) does not allow 'objectclass' attribute modification to include full object classes hierarchy

[michael@stroeder.com]

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pa@marcelot.net wrote:
> It looks like it's not possible to modify the 'objectClass' attribute o=
f
> configuration entries.
>=20
> I have some code generating entries for OpenLDAP configuration from a U=
I utility
> and updating existing configuration entries in DIT.
> This code generates entries with the 'objectClass' attribute containing=
 the full
> object class hierarchy (all the way to 'top') and not only the highest
> structural object class (which is the case of default OpenLDAP configur=
ation).
>=20
> When updating the configuration in the DIT, the code then tries to comp=
lete the
> 'objectClass' attribute with the full list of object classes.
> That operations ends with "error code 53- UnwillingToPerform".
>=20
>=20
> Here's an example on the "cn=3Dconfig" entry:
> #!RESULT ERROR
> #!CONNECTION ldap://10.211.55.13:389
> #!DATE 2013-05-22T14:56:03.039
> #!ERROR [LDAP: error code 53 - UnwillingToPerform]
> dn: cn=3Dconfig
> changetype: modify
> replace: objectClass
> objectClass: olcConfig
> objectClass: olcGlobal
> objectClass: top

It's not necessarily a bug.

I think LDAP clients should not act too "smart" and therefore should not
automagically add object classes from the structural object class chain i=
f
they are not already present. You will run into issues with various LDAP
server implementations - at least according to experiences I made with
conducting interop testing with web2ldap and several server implementatio=
ns.

A schema-aware client could auto-complete structural object class chain i=
f
adding a new entry though. But again: Don't be too smart.

May I ask which UI utility you're using?

Ciao, Michael.



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