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Re: creatorsName/modifiersName referential integrity



> In the depressingly common case where directories are "updated" by
> removing a subtree wholesale and rebuilding it from other data
> sources, starting to enforce referential integrity by instantly
> removing attributes of other entries would be an operational disaster.
> 
> 
I agree this should not be enforced by the standard. But you can 
argue that a server that does internally maintain consistent DN 
pointers, and keeps them updated, will be far less of an operational 
disaster than one that does not. I know which I would rather buy.

David


>                           Harald A
> 
> --
> Harald Tveit Alvestrand, Maxware, Norway
> Harald.Alvestrand@maxware.no
> 
> 


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