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Re: Schema

Andrew Findlay wrote:
> On Wed, Apr 06, 2005 at 09:49:56PM -0400, Matt Juszczak wrote:
> 
>>How does openldap behave if you use all the fields in a schema (such as 
>>sn) for some users, but others, sn is left blank (or just not set).
> 
> It depends on what objectClass you assign to the 'user' entries. If you
> base them on one of the 'person' classes, then sn is mandatory, but if
> you write your own structural objectclass then it is up to you what to
> require.

I'd recommend to use a schema-aware LDAP client (e.g. JXplorer,
web2ldap) to experiment with adding entries. These clients usually
display which attribute(s) are mandantory/optional for a given set of
object classes. But this is off-topic here - a general LDAP forum would
be more appropriate.

Ciao, Michael.