Re: subtree rename not supported

[Michael Ströder <michael@stroeder.com>]

Oren Held wrote:
> When I'm trying to modify the rdn of an entry which has also got
> sub-entries, ldap returns an error: "subtree rename not supported".
> Does it mean that it will one day supported,

It means that the OpenLDAP server does not support subtree renaming.

> or it's something that LDAP
> isn't supposed to do at all?

Some LDAP servers do support subtree renaming.

> Should this task of recursively renaming the dn be done by the server,
> or the client?

Depends on the LDAP server. Note that implementing a sub-tree renaming 
on the client side is not trivial (transactional handling, error 
handling, massive recursion).

Ciao, Michael.