Re: Naming context in slapd-meta URI

[Pierangelo Masarati <ando@sys-net.it>]

On Fri, 2006-03-10 at 15:04 +1100, Dave Horsfall wrote:
> This may sound like a dumb question, but what is the purpose of the 
> "naming context" on the "uri" line in a meta backend?  If it's constrained 
> to ending with the suffix, why have it at all?

It's intended to restrict the use of that specific target to a portion
of the naming context served by the database.  If you have only one
target then it's useless, but then you're better off using back-ldap.

p.




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