On Wed, 06 Nov 2013 11:10:09 +0100 "Ulrich Windl" Ulrich.Windl@rz.uni-regensburg.de wrote
This is probably a stupid question, but I wonder: In the schema definitions, neither "gn" nor "sn" have a "syntax" attribute. So I wonder: If an attribute has a "sup", is the syntax inherited from the "sup" ("name" in this special case)?
Yes. Not only the syntax, also the matching rules (see RFC4512).
Furthermore when searching for (name=foo) all derived attributes with attribute value foo will match.
web2ldap's schema browser displays all this including inherited stuff.
Ciao, Michael.