Re: Searching for (objectClass=UNDEFINED)...

[Pierangelo Masarati <ando@sys-net.it>]

Hallvard B Furuseth wrote:
> Howard Chu wrote:
> > Illegal filters are supposed to be ignored; certainly no diagnostic
> > should be sent back to any client.
>
> Well...  I think _illegal_ filters should get a protocolError.

:)

> OTOH filtering for unrecognized schema should get no error or
> diagnostic, the filter component just evaluates to Undefined (like
> False, except Not(Undefined) = Undefined).

Yes.  But nothing prevents success from being accompanied by further 
informative info in the diagnosticMessage field.  That's why I asked 
first.  I concur the filter above qualifies as undefined, and should be 
treated much like other undefined filters.  Already fixed in HEAD 
(ITS#5688).

p.


Ing. Pierangelo Masarati
OpenLDAP Core Team

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