Re: changing objectClass in 2.4

["Mattes" <r.mattes@mh-freiburg.de>]

Am Mittwoch, 25. März 2015 13:34 CET, Michael Ströder <michael@stroeder.com> schrieb:

> Igor Shmukler wrote:
> > I would like to change the objectClass for an existing record -
> > specifically I want to replace dcObject for a custom one, so instead
> > of:
> > objectClass: top
> > objectClass: dcObject
> > objectClass: organization
> >
> > I would have:
> > objectClass: top
> > objectClass: myDcObject
> > objectClass: organization
>
> Did you try? If yes, what's the problem?
>
> > I found a thread where Kurt mentions that back in day, there was
> > planned support for 2.4 to offer such functionality. [
> > http://www.openldap.org/lists/openldap-software/200604/msg00074.html ]
> > Was this done? It is working now?
>
> The above posting was solely about modifying the structural object class of an
> entry (which is forbidden).
>
> You can change auxiliary object classes at any time after entry creation. Of
> course you have to take care about changed attribute sets - especially the
> ones listed as MUST.

... and the atrribute used as the RDN (unless that attribute is present in both the
old and the new oject class' MAY).

 Cheers, RalfD

>  So if myDcObject is an auxiliary object class it's not a
> problem at all.
>
> Ciao, Michael.
>