I want to have an ability add "custom attribute[s]" to my LDAP records. For example, such an attribute could be sipTelephone, mobile and/or something else. I did a little digging. Please advise whether I am on the right track. My understanding, at present, is that I would have to modify core.schema [located on my Ubuntu under /etc/ldap/schema ] and perhaps some other schema files from the same directory.

I thought a schema having a OID is the same everywhere; would a modified schema need a new OID then?

>>> Igor Shmukler <igor.shmukler(a)gmail.com&gt; schrieb am 02.12.2014 um 21:55 in Nachricht <CAA1SNA0yKTLdMnzNn1wpngxkdcEgePY4_ZPpKO2+5SPRjdWTxg(a)mail.gmail.com&gt;: > Hello, > > I want to have an ability add "custom attribute[s]" to my LDAP records. > For example, such an attribute could be sipTelephone, mobile and/or > something else. > > I did a little digging. Please advise whether I am on the right track. > > My understanding, at present, is that I would have to modify > core.schema [located on my Ubuntu under /etc/ldap/schema ] and perhaps > some other schema files from the same directory. > > I found various syntax OIDs. For telephones, for example - > 1.3.6.1.4.1.1466.115.121.1.50 should be the right one. There is > another OID for strings - 1.3.6.1.4.1.1466.115.121.1.15 for UTF-8 > coded strings. > > Is editing core.schema the correct way to go? I am eagerly looking for > advice. > > Thank you for reading my question this far. I have been saved twice by > people on this list. Appreciate your help very much. > > Sincerely, > > Igor Shmukler

Ulrich Windl wrote: > I thought a schema having a OID is the same everywhere; would a modified schema need a new OID then? Best practice is to assign a new OID if anything changes for a schema element. 99.9999% of LDAP client applications don't care about OIDs though. => assign a new NAME too Ciao, Michael.