RE: entryUUID and automagic generation of unique attributes

[Frank Swasey <Frank.Swasey@uvm.edu>]

Today at 11:59am, Hutchins, Mike wrote:

> With my ldap browser I can see all the other operational attributes. I
> cannot see entryUUID. Was this implemented in a particular version of
> OpenLDAP?

The 2.1 and 2.2 branches... if you are still running 2.0, it's not
there.

>
> -----Original Message-----
> From: Pierangelo Masarati [mailto:ando@sys-net.it]
> Sent: Thursday, May 27, 2004 11:55 AM
> To: Hutchins, Mike
> Cc: openLdap-software@OpenLDAP.org
> Subject: RE: entryUUID and automagic generation of unique attributes
>
>
> > Is this dependant on a particular version?
> >
> > Sorry to seem thick-headed, but I am buried to my neck in trying to
> > arbitrarily spend money when we may not need to.
> >
> > If I query the directory, I do not see that attribute.
>
> it's operational, you need to explicitly ask for it, i.e., by searching
> for entryUUID, or for '+' (RFC3673) or '@extensibleObject'
> (draft-zeilenga-ldap-adlist; the draft uses '+' as objectClass prefix,
> which is tolerated by current implementations but '@' is favored).
>
> p.
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