Scott Gilbert wrote: > I inherited an ldap with odd design. It has a custom > attribute as the rdn in the dn for all entries. The > rdn is not the uid. People entries are provisioned > automatically and users choose a uid after their entry > has been created for login purposes. The custom > attribute for the rdn serves as a unique identifier. > The uid is also unique. > > I found that getting products to work with this ldap > is difficult because they expect the uid to be in the > dn. Which products have problems? > Comments? Should I put the uid back in the dn? > Seems like it would make my life a lot simpler. > Sure. A simple modrdn when the uid is assigned. > And what methods are best to create entries for users > without a uid? Maybe assign a temp and have them > change it? Or just assign them which is always the > easiest. Thanks. > Either way, but the former sounds like more work. > __________________________________________________ > Do You Yahoo!? > Tired of spam? Yahoo! Mail has the best spam protection around > http://mail.yahoo.com > > -- > Fedora-directory-users mailing list > Fedora-directory-users at redhat.com > https://www.redhat.com/mailman/listinfo/fedora-directory-users > -------------- next part -------------- A non-text attachment was scrubbed... Name: smime.p7s Type: application/x-pkcs7-signature Size: 3178 bytes Desc: S/MIME Cryptographic Signature Url : http://lists.fedoraproject.org/pipermail/389-users/attachments/20060511/61cf9b34/attachment.bin
