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Re: All entries belong to the top object class?



On Tue, Apr 28, 2015 at 10:21:25AM +0530, dE wrote:

> >No. 'top' is defined in RFC4512:
> >
> >	( 2.5.6.0 NAME 'top' ABSTRACT MUST objectClass )
> >
> >so every entry MUST contain an objectclass attribute.
> >It does not say anything about any other attributes.
> 
> Yeah, so that's the question, can any attribute which is in the MAY
> of the top object class be added to any entry in the DIT regardless
> of what object class it belongs to?

The top object class does not have any MAY attributes. If it did then yes you could
use them in any entry in the DIT as all normal entries are members of top.

Andrew
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