--On Tuesday, December 02, 2014 10:55 PM +0200 Igor Shmukler <igor.shmukler(a)gmail.com&gt; wrote: > 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. Never, ever, edit core.schema. You can apply for your own OID, create your own attributes, and then create objectClasses that use them. That is the correct way to do things. --Quanah -- Quanah Gibson-Mount Server Architect Zimbra, Inc. -------------------- Zimbra :: the leader in open source messaging and collaboration