RE: How to replace account with inetOrgPerson?

["John Kane" <john.kane@prodeasystems.com>]

> 
> John Kane wrote:
> > IF your goal is to simply add the 'mail' attr to existing 
> > accounts, why not just use the extensibleObject objectClass
> > to each account.  Once that is added, you should be able to 
> > add the needed attribute.  This is what I did and it seems
> > to work fine.
> 
> extensibleObject allows any attribute in an entry! This 
> circumvents schema checking.

Thanks for the input, Michael.  
It is my understanding, from RFC 2252, that adding extensibleObject 
simply, in effect, adds a wild card to the 'MAY' attribute list for 
any other object classes included in this DN, and other normal schema
checking will still occur (i.e. mandatory attributes for the other 
object classes will still be required, etc.). 

> 
> > To the OpenLDAP gurus; should this method not be used?
> 
> I consider it bad practice.

When I went this route, I assumed it may not be 'best practice', 
but 'bad practice'?  Are there areas in the code where this might 
be a problem?

Out of curiosity, when might using the extensibeObject be considered 
'good practice'? (not trying to 'beat a dead horse', just trying to 
expand my knowledge)

> 
> Ciao, Michael.

Thanks,
John



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