[cifs-protocol] Structure of prefixMap over LDAP

[Obaid Farooqi]

Hi Andrew:
In an effort to fully understand your goals, please explain what you are looking
 to achieve through the addition of documentation that defines the internal 
structure of the prefixMap attribute.

Regards,
Obaid Farooqi
Sr. Support Escalation Engineer | Microsoft

-----Original Message-----
From: Andrew Bartlett [mailto:abartlet at samba.org] 
Sent: Sunday, December 13, 2009 4:02 PM
To: Obaid Farooqi
Cc: cifs-protocol at samba.org; pfif at tridgell.net
Subject: RE: Structure of prefixMap over LDAP

On Fri, 2009-12-11 at 20:09 +0000, Obaid Farooqi wrote:
> Hi Andrew:
> We have finished our investigation on your question regarding 
> prefixMap appearing on the wire.
> 
> PrefixMap is an attribute specific to Microsoft's Active Directory 
> implementation.  It is used by the system to map an internal structure 
> to its corresponding OID.  PrefixMap resides in the directory and, as 
> a consequence, can be retrieved via LDAP by using any LDAP-capable 
> tool such as LDP or LDIFDE.
> 
> PrefixMap does not appear on wire for any LDAP protocol related 
> messages. Microsoft LDAP implementation do not access or use the 
> attribute over wire. It only appears on the wire when explicitly 
> requested.

Obaid,  

That does not answer my question.  As long as it appears over LDAP, it must be documented.  There are many aspects of many protocols that only show up with non-default parameters.  That does not make these things distinct from the protocol.

As such, can you please document the format of prefixMap.  

Thank you. 

Andrew Bartlett
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Samba Developer, Cisco Inc.