Re: Does OpenLDAP support Change Tracking/UniqueObjectIds/Zombie entries?

["Kurt D. Zeilenga" <Kurt@OpenLDAP.org>]

At 11:24 AM 11/26/2004, Ali Safdar Kureishy wrote:
>I have a follow up question about your answer to # 2 below about the
>"ldap-sync" operation.  Is this control already supported in the JLDAP
>class libraries?

I suspect (I don't follow JLDAP development) that JLDAP does not
yet provide convenience functions for generating/parsing LDAP
sync constructs however I believe JLDAP does provide a general
interface allow applications to generate/parse such extension
constructs.

Kurt


>Thanks,
>Safdar
>
>On Mon, 15 Nov 2004 14:24:00 -0800, Kurt D. Zeilenga <kurt@openldap.org> wrote:
>> At 11:12 AM 11/15/2004, Ali Safdar Kureishy wrote:
>> >1) I'm unable to find information as to whether OpenLDAP supports LCUP
>> >(LDAP Client Update Protocol) yet. There was talk of this feature in
>> >the archives around 2002, but nothing since then. Could anyone tell me
>> >the latest status?
>> 
>> http://www.openldap.org/faq/index.cgi?file=649
>> I consider RFC 3928 still born.
>> 
>> >2) I'm trying to develop an application that needs a change tracking
>> >feature in OpenLDAP ... what are my options?
>> 
>> Well, I don't see LCUP as being a "change tracking feature".
>> It was designed as an content synchronization protocol.
>> 
>> OpenLDAP Software support the LDAP Sync operation
>> (draft-zeilenga-ldup-sync).
>> 
>> >3) Does openLDAP have any "object Id" attribute that can be used to
>> >uniquely identify an object irrespective of its DN? For instance, if
>> >an object moves from one place to another, is there any id field that
>> >can be used to locate it? (Active Directory for instance has an
>> >objectGUID attribute for this purpose).
>> 
>> See entryUUID (draft-zeilenga-ldap-uuid).
>> 
>> >4) Does openLDAP support "zombie/ghost" entry concept when an entry
>> >gets deleted?
>> 
>> No.
>> 
>> Kurt
>> 
>>