Re: Several name forms for a structural object class?

["Jim Willeke" <jim@willeke.com>]

eDirectory allows (and enforces) multiple naming attributes and
expresses it in the schema similar to:
 X-NDS_NAMING ( 'cn' 'ou' 'uid' )

-jim

On Tue, Jul 1, 2008 at 6:44 AM, Michael Ströder <michael@stroeder.com> wrote:
> HI!
>
> Thanks Steven and Howard for pointing out the relevant part in X.501.
>
> Steven Legg wrote:
>>
>> Michael Ströder wrote:
>>>
>>> Looking at section 4.1.7.2. "Name Forms" in
>>> http://www.ietf.org/rfc/rfc4512.txt it's not really clear to me whether more
>>> than one name form may be associated with the same structural object class.
>>> I think it's possible (and I've implemented it that way in web2ldap) but the
>>> server I'm currently testing with disallows it.
>>
>> X.500 seems to allow it. Consider X.501:2005, Clause 13.7.2:
>>
>>    "If different sets of naming attributes are required for entries of a
>>     given structural object class, then a name form shall be specified for
>>     each distinct set of attributes to be used for naming."
>>
>> Our server also allows it, though we impose restrictions so that
>> there is always only one possible name form that could apply to any
>> given combination of RDN and structural object class.
>
> Hmm, it would be interesting to test this whole stuff against different LDAP
> server implementations supporting DIT structure rules and name forms (and
> publishing these schema elements in subschema subentry).
>
> Ciao, Michael.
>
> --
> Michael Ströder
> E-Mail: michael@stroeder.com
> http://www.stroeder.com
>
>



-- 
-jim
Jim Willeke