Re: [Q] Logging to a directory

[David J N Begley <david@avarice.nepean.uws.edu.au>]

On Fri, 23 Jul 1999, Alex Zeltser wrote:

> We're currently working with Netscape's directory (v.4.x) and have an
> application that needs to maintain a detailed audit trail of events that
> have taken place over a period of time.  The volume of events is fairly
> high and each log entry has a fair amount of detail.

Do you mean essentially storing events in the directory in a specific order?
Is each event stored as a distinct object or as a value in a multi-valued
attribute?  It'd be interesting to see the schema for something like this
(even if it's just experimental).

> - Does anyone have any general words of wisdom when it comes to logging in
> directory-enabled apps?  Log to the directory?  Don't?  Log, but with
> certain constraints?  Tips?

I seem to recall reading somewhere how Cisco/Microsoft (well, certainly Cisco
anyway) were planning to address this, by adding the concept of "events" and a
distinct persistent storage for volatile information (yet still using the
same directory API?).  I need to fish around and see if I can find the details
again (and whether or not the details are covered by NDA)...

Cheers..


dave