Re: OpenLDAP as an address book for MS Outlook

[Victor Sudakov <vas@mpeks.tomsk.su>]

Cl?ment OUDOT wrote:
> 2012/12/7 Victor Sudakov <vas@mpeks.tomsk.su>:
> >> > >
> >> > >>>> the problem can be that Outlook use SSSVLV controls on attributes
> >> > >>>> without ordering rules in OpenLDAP. Unfortunately, the 'name'
> >> > >>>> attribute has no ordering rules,  so you can't sort results on name
> >> > >>>> (this includes, cn, sn, gn attributes, because they inherit from
> >> > >>>> name). We do not have this limitation on AD (but it breaks LDAP
> >> > >>>> standard).
> >
> > Mark,
> >
> > Could you be more specific which LDAP standard it breaks? Is there an
> > explicit prohibition for the 'name' attribute to have ordering rules?
> > In the RFCs somewhere?
> >
> 
> See http://tools.ietf.org/html/rfc4519#page-11
> 

Yes, but why do you think it is a restrictive definition and no more
optional properties can be *added* (without removing the mandatory
ones, of course)?

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Victor Sudakov,  VAS4-RIPE, VAS47-RIPN
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