Re: Non-existent syntax 1.3.6.1.4.1.1466.115.121.1.51 referenced (ITS#2029)

[Kurt@OpenLDAP.org]

At 04:53 AM 2002-08-18, michael@stroeder.com wrote:
>Kurt D. Zeilenga wrote:
> > At 04:04 AM 2002-08-17, michael@stroeder.com wrote:
> >
> >>The following attribute type declaration references a
> >>non-existent syntax OID:
> >>
> >>( 2.5.4.22 NAME 'teletexTerminalIdentifier' DESC 'RFC2256:
> >>Teletex Terminal
> >>Identifier' SYNTAX 1.3.6.1.4.1.1466.115.121.1.51 )
> >
>> slapd(8) doesn't publish syntaxes it doesn't support.
>
>But the schema is incomplete if non-existent syntaxes are referenced.

You shouldn't expect schema to be complete.

>There are several options:
>- drop attribute type 'teletexTerminalIdentifier' completely from
>   OpenLDAP schema files

Which is referenced, I'm sure, by something.

>- define another syntax supported by OpenLDAP for
>   'teletexTerminalIdentifier' if appropriate

That wouldn't be appropriate.

>- add support for the syntax 1.3.6.1.4.1.1466.115.121.1.51.

Feel free to submit a patch.


>Otherwise schema-aware clients have really a hard time to get it 
>right.

Getting it right requires schema aware clients to deal
with incomplete schema.