Re: renaming an entry referenced in another object

[François Beretti <francois.beretti@enatel.com>]

Kurt D. Zeilenga a écrit :

> At 07:27 AM 9/17/2004, François Beretti wrote:
>  
>
> > Hello
> >
> > I have an OpenLDAP server, with many objects used by several software.
> > Some of the objects have attributes of the DN syntax referencing another directory entry.
> > As I understand it, if I rename an object referenced in another one, the value of the
> > attribute containing the dn in the other entry is not modified.
> >
> > Is it still right in the last version ?
> >    
>
> It's right in all versions of OpenLDAP Software.  The server
> is obligated not to muck with user application data and slapd
> doesn't.
>
>  
Ok, I respect this choice. Is there a plugin for slapd that could handle 
such a behavior ?

The problem is, when the server does not muck with user application 
data, that the application may have to take care of the whole directory 
when modifying one entry, and I find more convenient for me that a 
server-side component do this job.

François