RE: programatically retrive the schema inforamation

["Matthieu Turpault" <matthieu.turpault@comelis.fr>]

Hello,

	you should the rootDSE entry. This virtual entry gives you some information about the directory:

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To get all attributes of the rootDSE entry:
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[tt $ll]% ldapsearch -x -h roxane.comelis.fr -b "" -s base -LLL "(objectClass=*)"  "+" "*"

dn:
objectClass: top
objectClass: OpenLDAProotDSE
namingContexts: ou=laboratoire,o=comelis,c=fr
namingContexts: o=geodis.com
namingContexts: o=geodis.dg.com
namingContexts: o=geodis.ptl.com
namingContexts: o=geodis.eb.com
namingContexts: o=geodis
namingContexts: o=Referentiel
namingContexts: o=comelis
namingContexts: o=pamComelis
namingContexts: ou=surRoxane,o=testReferal
namingContexts: o=personnesGeodis
supportedControl: 2.16.840.1.113730.3.4.2
supportedExtension: 1.3.6.1.4.1.4203.1.11.1
supportedExtension: 1.3.6.1.4.1.1466.20037
supportedFeatures: 1.3.6.1.4.1.4203.1.5.1
supportedLDAPVersion: 2
supportedLDAPVersion: 3
subschemaSubentry: cn=Subschema


The value given by the subschemaSubentry attribute is the dn of the schema information.

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To retrieve the schema information:
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ldapsearch -x -h roxane.comelis.fr -b "cn=Subschema" -LLL -s base "(objectClass=*)" objectClasses





> -----Message d'origine-----
> De : Rajesh Pandry K [mailto:pandry@india.hp.com]
> Envoyé : lundi 7 octobre 2002 11:55
> À : openldap-software@OpenLDAP.org
> Objet : programatically retrive the schema inforamation
> 
> 
> Hi all,
> Is it possible to programatically retrive the schema inforamation from
> directory server? my problem is,
>  allowing directory client applications to programmatically( 
> C language)
> retrieve the schema and adept their behavior based on it.  At 
> deployment
> site, my client program keep on changing because of attirbute are
> changing.
> Is there any option to  get the attribute from remote ldap server it
> would be helpful for me to generalize the client library.
> 
> regards
> Pandry
>