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Re: uniqueness constraint violated when using ldapadd -M



Geert Hendrickx wrote:
> On Tue, Aug 25, 2015 at 15:12:22 +0200, Geert Hendrickx wrote:
>> On Tue, Aug 25, 2015 at 13:46:09 +0100, Howard Chu wrote:
>>> Geert Hendrickx wrote:
>>>> Hi,
>>>>
>>>> I noticed uniqueness constraints enforced by the slapo-unique overlay can
>>>> be bypassed when using the manage DSA IT control (ldapadd -M).
>>>
>>>> The uniqueness constraint has been violated when using -M, while it was
>>>> correctly enforced without -M.
>>>>
>>>> Feature or bug?
>>>
>>> RTFM, this is already explicitly documented in the slapo-unique(5) manpage.
>>
>> Thanks, I overlooked that.  I'm not managing the LDAP client here, I'll
>> have to talk to the devs why they are using the ManageDsaIt control.
> 
> It's still not clear for me what is the link between the Manage DSA IT
> control and uniqueness constraint.  From RFC 3296 defining the control:
> [..]

IIRC Pierangelo used the Manage DSA IT control for that use-case because the
Relax Rules control wasn't defined at that time. Yes, I also consider this to
be a flaw because JNDI sends along Manage DSA IT control by default.

Ciao, Michael.


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