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Re: (ITS#7795) "manage" access right needs better description



pierangelo.masarati@polimi.it wrote:
> On 01/31/2014 06:44 PM, michael@stroeder.com wrote:
>> pierangelo.masarati@polimi.it wrote:
>>> On 01/31/2014 05:49 PM, quanah@OpenLDAP.org wrote:
>>>> What does administrative access mean?
>>>
>>> It allows write when write is granted and the "relax" control is
>>> present.  In practice, those who have "manage" access can perform those
>>> normally "prohibited" operations described in draft-zeilenga-ldap-relax.
>>
>> I wish this explanation would catch all cases.
>>
>> I vaguely remember that before the birth of draft-zeilenga-ldap-relax some
>> (overlays?) misused the Manage DSA IT control for that purpose.
> 
> "manageDIT" was renamed to "relax" because it was too similar to 
> "manageDSAit".

Yes, I know. I meant it literally mentioning "Manage DSA IT control".

Ciao, Michael.