ManageDsaIT and multiple namingContexts (ITS#851)

[markwhitehouse@home.com]

Full_Name: Mark Whitehouse
Version: 2.0.6
OS: RH Linux 6.2
URL: ftp://ftp.openldap.org/incoming/
Submission from: (NULL) (24.0.41.53)


Enhancement request:
  Extend the ManageDsaIT control to be able to handle multiple namingContext's.

When adding entries into a server with multiple namingContext's it is sometimes
necessary to be able to specify the namingContext for which the add should be
applied.  A particular example using referrals is taken from the OpenLDAP
newsgroup:

At 08:59 AM 10/2/00 -0700, Mark Whitehouse wrote:

>>
>>Assume I have multiple namingContexts on one server i.e.
>>
>>  database ldbm
>>  suffix "ou=people,dc=foo,dc=com"
>>  directory /var/ldbm/foo-people
>>  index objectclass eq
>>
>>  database ldbm
>>  suffix "ou=devices,dc=foo,dc=com"
>>  directory /var/ldbm/foo-devices
>>  index objectclass eq
>>
>>  database ldbm
>>  suffix "dc=foo,dc=com"
>>  directory /var/ldbm/foo
>>  index objectclass eq
>>
>>How do I create the referrals in the third namingContext, which refer the
>>entries in the first and second.  I need to be able to add the following
>>referral entries to the third naming context:
>>
>>  dn: ou=devices,dc=foo,dc=com
>>  ou: devices
>>  ref: ldap://localhost/ou=devices,dc=foo,dc=com
>>  objectclass: referral
>>  objectclass: extensibleObject
>>
>>  dn: ou=people,dc=foo,dc=com
>>  ou: devices
>>  ref: ldap://localhost/ou=people,dc=foo,dc=com
>>  objectclass: referral
>>  objectclass: extensibleObject
>>
>>However, as far as I can see there is no way to specify a namingContext to
>>use when performing an ldapadd operation.
 
Kurt D. Zeilenga replies:

>The easiest way to do this is to bring up slapd with only the
>one suffix "dc=foo,dc=com", add the two referral objects,
>and then restart the server with the full configuration.
>
>This really should be handled by our ManageDsaIT code, but
>isn't (yet).