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Re: All entries belong to the top object class?



> On Apr 26, 2015, at 12:45 PM, Mattes <rm@mh-freiburg.de> wrote:
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> Am Sonntag, 26. April 2015 20:07 CEST, Michael Ströder <michael@stroeder.com> schrieb: 
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>> Also I don't understand what the term "significance of subordinate classes" 
>> means to you in this context.
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> Yes. Might it be possible that dE (miss)reads 'SUB' as 'subprdinate' when it actually
> means 'subclass'?  When talking about LDAP the term 'subordinate'  does have a well
> defined meaning (that is irrelevant to this discussion).
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>>> The possible attributes that any object can have is defined in the TOP object
>>> class;
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>> No!
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>>> regardless of what object class the entry belongs to, any attribute
>>> listed in the TOP object class can be added to it.
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> Hmm - but while this might be true it's a tautology. Given: 
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> objectclass ( 2.5.6.0 NAME 'top' ABSTRACT
>    MUST objectClass )
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> What attributes of 'TOP' are you talking about?  ;-

objectClass, clearly. 

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>> You should really read RFC 4512 more carefully and look at existing subschema. 
>> I give up now to explain.
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> May I humbly reading  suggest http://www.zytrax.com/books/ldap/ch3/

Zytrax should be avoided. Besides engaging in blatant illegal plagiarism, they often have completely erroneous information. 

--Quanah


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