John Kane wrote:
IF your goal is to simply add the 'mail' attr to existing accounts, why not just use the extensibleObject objectClass to each account. Once that is added, you should be able to add the needed attribute. This is what I did and it seems to work fine.
extensibleObject allows any attribute in an entry! This circumvents schema checking.
Thanks for the input, Michael. It is my understanding, from RFC 2252, that adding extensibleObject simply, in effect, adds a wild card to the 'MAY' attribute list for any other object classes included in this DN, and other normal schema checking will still occur (i.e. mandatory attributes for the other object classes will still be required, etc.).
To the OpenLDAP gurus; should this method not be used?
I consider it bad practice.
When I went this route, I assumed it may not be 'best practice', but 'bad practice'? Are there areas in the code where this might be a problem?
Out of curiosity, when might using the extensibeObject be considered 'good practice'? (not trying to 'beat a dead horse', just trying to expand my knowledge)
Ciao, Michael.
Thanks, John
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