ghenry@OpenLDAP.org wrote:

Hi,

Do we have an example for an "unique_uri strict" uri?

unique_uri strict ldap:///?mail?sub?

says this is invalid, but it it probably my misunderstanding of what it expects.

I think the syntax is a bit odd, but that's how it's supposed to work:

unique_uri "strict ldap:///?mail?sub?"

that is: "strict" is part of the URI list arg.

p.

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Gavin Henry wrote:

----- "Pierangelo Masarati" ando@sys-net.it wrote:

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ghenry@OpenLDAP.org wrote:

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Hi,

Do we have an example for an "unique_uri strict" uri?

unique_uri strict ldap:///?mail?sub?

says this is invalid, but it it probably my misunderstanding of what

it expects.

I think the syntax is a bit odd, but that's how it's supposed to work:

unique_uri "strict ldap:///?mail?sub?"

that is: "strict" is part of the URI list arg.

Ah, that explains it. Do you this I should change:

unique_uri <[strict ][ignore ]URI[URI...]...>

to

unique_uri "<[strict ][ignore ]URI[URI...]...>"

Well, the <> clearly indicates it's a single argument. Maybe an example, or a remark, would help not overlooking it.

p.

Ing. Pierangelo Masarati OpenLDAP Core Team

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On Mon, Nov 24, 2008 at 03:57:35PM +0000, Gavin Henry wrote:

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unique_uri "<[strict ][ignore ]URI[URI...]...>"

Well, the <> clearly indicates it's a single argument. Maybe an example, or a remark, would help not overlooking it.

That's fine then. I just misread that syntax. Leave as is.

Hmm - I think the syntax is sufficiently unusual that an example and note would save a lot of confusion.

I am also wondering what happens when the URI itself would need quoting when used alone - e.g. a URI with spaces in it. Do we need to put quoted quotes inside the overall quotes, or is the one set enough?

It would also be worth adding a note about *when* the unique_uri syntax became available (2.4.x). This sort of thing is useful when doing upgrades and also as a reminder when dealing with configs for older versions.

Andrew

If I were to redesign back-ldap/meta now, I'd use separate args for the URI list...

We should stick this on the OpenLDAP 3.0 Roadmap list.