Re: adding a custom attribute

[Igor Shmukler <igor.shmukler@gmail.com>]

Hello Quanah,

Thank you for your reply.

Do I create a new schema file for my new attribute as in
${new_attribute}.schema and another for the new object using this new
attribute?

Sincerely,

Igor Shmukler


On Tue, Dec 2, 2014 at 11:05 PM, Quanah Gibson-Mount <quanah@zimbra.com> wrote:
> --On Tuesday, December 02, 2014 10:55 PM +0200 Igor Shmukler
> <igor.shmukler@gmail.com> wrote:
>
>> Hello,
>>
>> I want to have an ability add "custom attribute[s]" to my LDAP records.
>> For example, such an attribute could be sipTelephone, mobile and/or
>> something else.
>>
>> I did a little digging. Please advise whether I am on the right track.
>>
>> My understanding, at present, is that I would have to modify
>> core.schema [located on my Ubuntu under /etc/ldap/schema ] and perhaps
>> some other schema files from the same directory.
>>
>> I found various syntax OIDs. For telephones, for example -
>> 1.3.6.1.4.1.1466.115.121.1.50 should be the right one. There is
>> another OID for strings - 1.3.6.1.4.1.1466.115.121.1.15 for UTF-8
>> coded strings.
>>
>> Is editing core.schema the correct way to go? I am eagerly looking for
>> advice.
>
>
> Never, ever, edit core.schema.
>
> You can apply for your own OID, create your own attributes, and then create
> objectClasses that use them.  That is the correct way to do things.
>
> --Quanah
>
> --
>
> Quanah Gibson-Mount
> Server Architect
> Zimbra, Inc.
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