Re: object class values in a read or search result

[Howard Chu <hyc@symas.com>]

Michael Ströder wrote:
> Manuel Gaupp wrote:
>
> > I don't think so, because RFC 4512, section 3.3 says:
> >
> >    "When creating an entry or adding an 'objectClass' value to an entry,
> >     all superclasses of the named classes SHALL be implicitly added as
> >     well if not already present. [...]"
> >
> > If I'm interpreting this correctly, the OpenLDAP behaviour is a bug.
>
> Well, "implicitly added" is a bit vague to call it a bug since the entries are
> returned when searching for the superior object class.

In the sense that "implicit" is the opposite of "explicit" the OpenLDAP 
behavior is exactly correct. Also as a general rule the X.500 data model 
requires that a server store and return exactly what the user provided.

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