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Re: How to make OpenLDAP use random (v4) UUIDs in entryUUID attribute
- To: openldap-technical@openldap.org
- Subject: Re: How to make OpenLDAP use random (v4) UUIDs in entryUUID attribute
- From: dorian taylor <dorian.taylor.lists@gmail.com>
- Date: Thu, 30 May 2013 14:23:07 -0700
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On Thu, May 30, 2013 at 11:08 AM, Michael StrÃder <michael@stroeder.com> wrote:
> A client application can set 'entryUUID' by sending the relax rules control
> along with the add/modify request.
This is good to know. I wasn't aware such a control existed.
> I used this in a migration project deriving OpenLDAP's entryUUID from Novell
> eDirectory's GUID.
Aside: those and AD's objectGUID have the same semantics, yes? (I'd be
floored if they didn't.)
> Of course the client app is then responsible for generating proper UUIDs. With
> random UUIDs you might run out of entropy depending on how many you have to
> generated within a certain time.
Not too concerned about volume. I ended up writing an overlay anyway
which seems to work fine. I'll be sending a patch once I tidy up the
makefiles etc.
Thanks for the insight,
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Dorian Taylor
http://doriantaylor.com/