Re: ldap attributes - performance problem?

[Pavlos Parissis <p_pavlos@freemail.gr>]

On Sun, 09 Nov 2008 08:52:21 -0800
radim.roska@gmail.com wrote:

> Hi,
> 
> ok..then i guess there is not a problem :)..of course I'll add indexes, but  
> I was just thinking if its ok to have a lot of same attributes..

If the schema allows multiple values for this attribute then from OL point of view is fine.
I assume that apache or any other LDAP client which is going to fetch this attribute will correctly handle the multiple values.


Cheers,
Pavlos


> 
> thanks,
> Radim
> 
> On Nov 9, 2008 11:43am, Pavlos Parissis <p_pavlos@freemail.gr> wrote:
> > Hi,
> >
> >
> >
> > I don't real understand your concerns.
> >
> >
> >
> > Are you worry about LDAP search performance?
> >
> > Adding indexes is your solution on this.
> >
> >
> >
> > Cheers,
> >
> > Pavlos
> >
> >
> >
> >
> >
> > On Sat, 8 Nov 2008 21:15:02 +0100
> >
> > "Radim Roska" wrote:
> >
> >
> >
> > > Hi,
> >
> > >
> >
> > > I'm thinking about solution to following problem: authorization to
> >
> > > directories on our file server (accessed by webdav). Is it a performance
> >
> > > issue to build solution on following pattern?
> >
> > >
> >
> > > part of user's ldif
> >
> > > ...
> >
> > > uid=someone
> >
> > > allow_dir: directory1
> >
> > > allow_dir: directory2
> >
> > > allow_dir: directory3
> >
> > > allow_dir: directory4
> >
> > >
> >
> > > and then just htaccess directives in apache for every of these  
> directories
> >
> > > :)
> >
> > >
> >
> > >
> >
> > > it could happen that someone would have eg 50 of these  
> attributes...would
> >
> > > it be a problem?
> >
> > >
> >
> > > Thanks for advice and advanced opinion :)
> >
> > > Radim
> >
> > >
> >
>