Re: Storing Large Objects in an LDAP Tree

[Michael Ströder <michael@stroeder.com>]

Marijn Meijles wrote:
> 
> Consider the situation that you put a pointer in the ldap to a file. You'd
> have to retrieve it seperately, creating more overhead than it's worth,
> especially if you have millions of entries..

So what?

> Of course, LDAP is intended to be a directory, but don't let intentions
> stop you from doing cool stuff...

It's not "cool" to abuse a LDAP server as a file server. It's
stupid.

Ciao, Michael.