Re: options to maintain computed attributes?
hello again,
I searched a bit and found a paper by luke howard about extending openldap
what is the state of native plugins with respect to slapi plugins?
which is better (read: simpler to implement) for the need expressed
below?
Indeed, I also found a comment by Howard Chu on
http://jpmens.net/2008/07/11/i-finally-get-openldap-triggers/
""""SLAPI is defined by Sun/Netscape, you can refer to their
documentation.
Probably would do better discussing this on the openldap-technical
mailing list. And of course, I would have written a native slapd
overlay instead, SLAPI is slower and clumsier."
I was able to find some documentation about slapi on oracle site, but
I can't manage to find any docs about native plugins. maybe I'm just
stupid :-)
slapd.plugin manpage seems to be about slapi plugins only
for those who know slapi plugins: am I right to believe the computed
attribute created with "object" type plugins are dynamic? I mean they
are not stored in the backend but "created" each time the attribute is
requested, right?
thanks in advance for any insights. best regards,
Jephté CLAIN
2015-12-04 13:46 GMT+04:00 Jephte Clain <jephte.clain(a)univ-reunion.fr>:
hello,
I may have a need soon to implement "computed" attributes in LDAP, to
accommodate dumb clients that are unable to properly update the database
for example, an attribute masterAttr may have values like "A:B" (its value
updated by the dumb client), but other clients need the A or B part
separately. So whenever masterAttr is updated with value "A:B",
firstPartAttr have to be updated with "A" and secondPartAttr with
"B"
what are my options to achieve this?
- is there an overlay like slapo-rwm but for attribute values? I searched
but did not found anything. So I guess the answer is no.
- using a combination of back-perl, back-relay and slapo-translucent? is
that even possible
- using back-sock as an overlay to monitor modifications and update the
modified objects accordingly?
- a script that monitor the accesslog database and update the modified
objects accordingly?
- biting the bullet and writing an overlay myself?
before diving too deep into this issue (and possibly drowning), I figured I
would ask. any thoughts? ideas?
thanks in advance, best regards,
Jephté CLAIN
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