Re: Support of LDAP assertions in openLDAP backends

[Howard Chu <hyc@symas.com>]

Dieter Kluenter wrote:
> Hi,
>
> "Antonio Alonso" <antonio.alonso@ericsson.com> writes:
>
> > Hi !
> >
> >    We are interested in deploying an openLDAP-based directory supporting the assertions control
> > extension
> > as defined in RFC 4528.
> >
> >    According to http://www.openldap.org/faq/data/cache/645.html (list of LDAPv3 features/
> > extensions supported
> > by the OpenLDAP server) openLDAP 2.3 already supports the assertion contol (we only need to use
> > it in the
> > LDAPModify operation) but I am not sure about the backends taking care of it (back-ndb and/or
> > back-ldbm would
> > be ok for us). Could any of you provide us this info?
> >    I was checking the mail archives, but I did not find the answer â.
>
> As this is a DSA operation no backend is envolved, just calling a modify
> operation according to RFC 4528 will be sufficient.

No. Assertion is only supported by back-bdb and back-sql.
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