how would you search for the next value? I.e search all UID/GID and show you
the results, I could then sort them and work out which number should be
next?
2008/8/12 Michael Str?der <michael at stroeder.com>
> Ryan Braun [ADS] wrote:
>
>> On Monday 11 August 2008 11:35, Kashif Ali wrote:
>>
>> But basically, you just create an object that holds 2 values. The
>> current available UID and GID. Then your perl script queries ldap for that
>> object, uses the available UID, then increments it and writes it back to
>> ldap.
>>
> > [..]
>
>> $mesg = $ldap->modify("cn=idPool,ou=Special Users,$config{BASE_DN}",
>> replace => { "uidNumber" => $config{NextID}+1 } );
>>
>
> FWIW the original idea was different: For this to work reliably with
> multiple instances generating IDs from the same ID pool entry you have to
> explicitly delete the old value and add the new one. If the ID was already
> incremented by another process the old value was already replaced and the
> modify request fails.
>
> Ciao, Michael.
>
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