Re: structural object class modification from X to Y not allowed

[Jon Roberts <jon@jonanddeb.net>]

Jehan PROCACCIA wrote:
> I'am surprise that I cannot add or replace  to an existing object a  
> new objectclass in the same hierarchie of class !?
> Can I do that without deleting the object and recreate it from scratch 
> :-(  ?.

AFAIK, no... not since the tighter schema checking that came with 2.1. 
Back in 2003 I initiated an overlong thread on this list about how 
OpenLDAP prevented me from extending person entries to use 
organizationalperson by modifying the objectclass attribute. Since then 
it's been "delete and readd" as you say.

I did test that you can modify the objectclass attribute to add more 
auxiliary object classes without issue. I was also able to add 
structural objectclasses to entries on other LDAP implementations (ages 
ago), but I'd wager that was due more to promiscuity than added 
intelligence.

Jon Roberts
www.mentata.com