Ldap fix

Erik Tews erik.tews at millenux.com
Wed Aug 27 10:37:19 GMT 2003


On Wed, Aug 27, 2003 at 12:24:18PM +0200, Volker Lendecke wrote:
> On Wed, Aug 27, 2003 at 12:09:21PM +0200, Erik Tews wrote:
> > By the way, if you can show me where in a rfc is written that it is
> > wrong if a ldap-server doesn't allow such a add delete style modify,
> > then I think we don't need the patch and I can report this to the
> > vendor of the ldap-server.
> 
> Ok, RFC 2251, line 1815ff:
> 
>    - modification: A list of modifications to be performed on the entry.
>      The entire list of entry modifications MUST be performed
>      in the order they are listed, as a single atomic operation.  While
>      individual modifications may violate the directory schema, the
>      resulting entry after the entire list of modifications is performed
>      MUST conform to the requirements of the directory schema.
> 
> The "may" clearly says that the server has to accept a delete and a
> later add of the attribute.

OK, I have forwarded this, lets wait and see what the vendor says.



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