On Mittwoch, 30. Januar 2008, h.b.furuseth(a)usit.uio.no wrote: > Ralf Haferkamp writes: > > There are multiple ways to fix this, I guess. I am not sure which > > one to take: > > 1. Make slap_mods_opattrs() create a LDAP_MOD_ADD operation, when > > the attributes don't exist in the entry. > > It'd be better to fix bconfig's LDAP_MOD_REPLACE. That should work > like LDAP_MOD_ADD when the attribute is absent. Haven't looked at > how easy that would(n't) be though. > > > 2. Do not try to modify the attributes (not even add) in > > slap_mods_opattrs() if they do not exist. > > No idea... > > I like the consistency it gives as far as it goes - keep the > presence of the attrs independent of whether they were created over > the protocol or with slapd -f -F. Except fix #2 doesn't do that > since it won't know whether to add them when creating an entry. So > in summary, no opinion:-) I am currently testing the 3rd approach, the attributes will be created even when starting with -f only. I'll commit it as soon as make test finishes.