Re: Where to find attribute description for dn in core.schema

To: Stefan Bauer <sb@plzk.de>
Subject: Re: Where to find attribute description for dn in core.schema
From: Hallvard Breien Furuseth <h.b.furuseth@usit.uio.no>
Date: Tue, 02 Jun 2015 19:03:16 +0200
Cc: openldap-technical@openldap.org
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On 02/06/15 11:36, Stefan Bauer wrote:

I'm trying to understand the LDIF format and wonder in which schema file
the attribute 'dn' is defined?


'dn' is not an attribute, it's the name of the entry:
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lightweight_Directory_Access_Protocol#Directory_structure

I can only find the long form distinguishedName in core.schema.


That's an abstract attribute which DN-valued attributes
can inherit from.

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