Re: rdnMatch / RDN support (ITS#3207)

[Kurt@OpenLDAP.org]

At 10:31 PM 6/28/2004, jongchoi@OpenLDAP.org wrote:
>> >I expect that the rdnMatch rule
>> >would allow filters like "(seeAlso:rdnMatch:=cn=All Staff)" in the test
>> >suite to match those entries whose seeAlso attribute contains "cn=All
>> >Staff,ou=Groups,dc=example,dc=com".
>>
>> That would be more like a rdnLastComponentMatch or something.
>
>Does this deserve implementation outside the component matching context ?

no.  one of the key driving forces behind component matching
is to eliminate the need to specify and implement zillions
of odd rules.

>It is always possible to perform a search on the last rdn by matching the
>attribute itself.
>If there're other uses, then it would make sense to have
>rdnLastComponentMatch.
>The component matching suppor will include this case anyway...
>
>- Jong-Hyuk