Re: compare uidNumber in LDAP

[Derek Simkowiak <dereks@itsite.com>]

> My LDAP server's objects contain attribute uidNumber and i want to find
> out which is the maximum uidNumber.

	I have this exact same problem!  Heh.  Let me guess: You want to
find the maximum uidNumber so that you can increment it by one and assign
that as the uidNumber for the next entry...?

> It is trouble that i use ldapsearch to find out which is maxmium so i
> find in cpan.perl.org.

	I haven't tried to solve this problem yet.  I was hoping there was
some kind of auto-increment feature of LDAP that I haven't found yet.
But if not, is the best thing to simply run a search?

	Surely this is a common problem.  I imagine that the people who
came up with the posixAccount schema thought of a solution to this, or at
least, a "best practice".

	What does everyone else do?


Thanks,
Derek