On 03/15/2014 05:38 PM, michael(a)stroeder.com wrote: Indeed, the check (and magic) of adding distinguished value(s) to entry occurs during entry_naming_check(), which occurs during entry_schema_check(), which occurs in the backend add operations, right after overlays had a chance to look at the entry. 2 approaches: a) anticipate naming check b) duplicate naming check in slapo-constraint (b) is a waste, but "localized"; not sure what would be the side effects of (a). p. -- Pierangelo Masarati Associate Professor Dipartimento di Scienze e Tecnologie Aerospaziali Politecnico di Milano