-----Original Message----- From: Ondřej Kuzník ondra@mistotebe.net Sent: Tuesday, March 25, 2025 2:57 PM To: Windl, Ulrich u.windl@ukr.de Cc: openldap-technical@openldap.org Subject: [EXT] Re: Q: "olcDatabase: {1}mdb" from slapcat: why "{1}"?
On Tue, Mar 25, 2025 at 10:57:11AM +0000, Windl, Ulrich wrote:
I have an amost philosophical question about LDIF and OenLDAP:
Considering dn: olcDatabase={1}mdb,cn=config objectClass: olcDatabaseConfig objectClass: olcMdbConfig olcDatabase: {1}mdb # ...
I wonder why olcDatabase needs the "{1}" when olcDatabase is a single-
valued attribute.
I understand that "olcDatabase={1}mdb" is needed for ordering the
databases within cn=config,
But why is the "{1}" repeated for the actual attribute?
It is a "naming attribute" and it has to be present in the entry as per the RFC451x series[0].
[0]. e.g. https://datatracker.ietf.org/doc/html/rfc4512#section-2.3.1
Actually it's not explained clearly there: I had been looking for "brace" and "curly", and it only talks about string length to be specified using curly braces...
Kind regards, Ulrich