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Re: Using distingushed name components as attributes.



> I may be very dense here, but I loss in LDAP and X.500 naming land.
> Does a name component attribute have to exist in the LDAP entry in
> addition to being in the DN of the entry?

The RDN component(s), yes.  The components naming parent objects, no.

> dn: resourceid=0001, role=md, unit=4b, department=medicine, facility=Mountain View, divison=CA
> objectclass: top
> objectclass: mednode
> resourceid=0001
> role=md
> unit=4b
> department=medicine
> facility=Mountain View
> divison=CA
> telephonenumber: +1 510 267 5491
> ...

Keep the `resourceid:' line.  Delete role, unit, department, facility,
division.

> Any pointers to information would help.

rfc2251.

-- 
Hallvard