ldap attribute aliases

[Howard Chu]

Andrew Tridgell wrote:
> Howard,
> 
>  > "right" is subjective in this case, since these short names are just 
>  > another wart in the ugliness of the LDAP protocol.
> 
> I don't think it is at all subjective from a users point of view. Can
> you show me any way to write working LDAP client code against the
> current OpenLDAP server that makes use of the second name for an
> attribute without having to also know about the first name?
> 
> If the answer is that it can't be done then surely either removing the
> ability to have secondary names for attributes or fixing it to return
> the attribute name that was asked for are the only two options.

By all means, your software should assume that there are no secondary 
names. Think of them as just a transitional aid, to allow newer servers 
and clients to deal with data generated by older clients. Any 
contemporary software should only use the canonical name.

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