Re: How can I create new Objectclasses?

["Mark Wilcox" <mark@mjwilcox.com>]

Hi,
OIDs are technically required by LDAP, but in my experience most LDAP
servers let you get by without them (I'm not sure how openLDAP does it,
since I don't have much experience extending its schema). Netscape creates
an OID like "newattribute-oid". Not technically correct, but it enables you
to extend the schema without having to go through the trouble of creating an
OID.

If you intend to share your schema outside of your own network, you'll need
to get an OID because that's what gurantees each object class and attribute
is unique.


Mark
-----Original Message-----
From: Malte Mueller <mamue@watt.et-inf.fho-emden.de>
To: Mark Wilcox <mark@mjwilcox.com>
Cc: openldap-general@OpenLDAP.org <openldap-general@OpenLDAP.org>
Date: Wednesday, May 26, 1999 10:56 AM
Subject: Re: How can I create new Objectclasses?


>Hi,
>
>Yes indeed a good idea. I had read that article already before posting my
>question ;-) .
>That information in conjunction with your postings helped me solv my
problem.
>I was a bit confused since I expected to have to type in some OIDs
somewhere.
>>From reading the article, I thought they are usefull if not necessary. Why
>aren´t the used in openLDAP?
>
>
>Best regards,
>
>Malte
>>
>> Hi,
>> Check out this article I wrote:
>> http://developer.netscape.com:80/viewsource/wilcox_schema.html
>>
>> Since openLDAP isn't yet LDAP v3, it may or may not work
programmatically.
>> You can edit the slapd.oc.conf and slapd.at.conf files manually though.
>>
>> Mark
>>
>>
>>
>> >Hello,
>> >
>> >I am in need of some Objectclasses which do not seem to exist, e.g. a
class
>> 'room' whith attributes 'seating capacity' and device.
>> >Is there any possibility to do this programaitcally as defined by LDAP
v3 ?
>> If not, where can I add the definitions manually?
>> >
>> >
>> >with best regards,
>> >
>> >Malte Mueller
>> >
>> >
>>
>>
>
>
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