RE: Greatest value

[weston@itdonline.net]

No offense, but your site is one of the more buzzword-laden sites I have ever 
seen. I have yet to figure out what your software actually does. Care to 
explain, sans market-speak, how it addresses Matthew's problem with LDAP?

Quoting Matthew Hardin <mhardin@symas.com>:

> Hi Matthew,
> 
> The function you are asking for is a characteristic of Connexitor's UNIX
> authorization agent. If you are interested in a directory-based
> authentication management system that won't have your pager going off at all
> hours, give Connexitor a try.
> 
> Sincerely,
> 
> Matthew Hardin
> Symas Corporation
> http://www.symas.com
> 
> 
> -----Original Message-----
> From: owner-openldap-software@OpenLDAP.org
> [mailto:owner-openldap-software@OpenLDAP.org]On Behalf Of Matthew
> Hoskins
> Sent: Wednesday, November 22, 2000 2:43 PM
> To: openldap-software@OpenLDAP.org
> Subject: Greatest value
> 
> 
> This might be off topic, and if it is, I'd be happy to repost in the proper
> list.
> 
> Is there a way to search the directory for a maximum value?
> 
> Example:
> 
> 	My LDAP stores UIDnumbers for users on the UNIX systems we administer.  
To
> create a new user, I need the next available UID (which is the highest UID +
> 1).
> 
> In a standard sql database, I could just set this value as a key and have it
> auto-increment with each new record.  Is there a similar feature in LDAP, or
> a search filter that will give me the greatest value of an attribute?
> 
> 
> Thank you for any support. And again, I will be happy to repost in an
> appropriate place.
> 
> Matthew Hoskins -- Cisco Certified Network Associate
> Ponyexpress.net / MagicCablePC / NPGCO
> Systems Administrator
> 
> 
> 


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