4 nov 2010 kl. 21.22 skrev Ted Unangst:
On Thu, Nov 4, 2010 at 3:53 PM, Ted Unangst <[email protected]> wrote:
>> On Thu, Nov 4, 2010 at 3:10 PM, Adam M. Dutko <[email protected]>
wrote:
>>>> I can't really comment on the accuracy because I'm trying to avoid
>>>> learning about LDAP at all cost, but this gives me enough info to
>>>> start searching with, so I think it's a great addition.
>>>>
>>>
>>> What is the technical reason behind not wanting to learn about LDAP? I'd
> be
>>> interested to hear feedback/input from you and the rest of the list.
>
> On second thought, I should answer with a little less snark, though I
> think this one attribute sums it up pretty well.
It does. My personal favourite otherwise is the wealth of useful syntax
rules:
( 1.3.6.1.4.1.1466.115.121.1.51
DESC 'Teletex Terminal Identifier' )
> First, some committee sat around and tried to come up with all the
> things needed to describe a person, like license plates and pager
> numbers and who your secretary is. It's like it's custom built for
> handling the personnel records of IBM management. They made all this
> nonsense optional thankfully, but who's to say there aren't other
> attributes you need to store in your organization? Now you're off
> making your own schema. Adios interop!
You can also add the extensibleObject object class to your entry. This way you
can use any defined attribute.
> Second, the file formats seem purpose designed to be incomprehensible.
>
> Third, just doing something as simple as putting a single user record
> into the db using ldapadd involved an insane amount of typing of magic
> incantations. This is not entirely the tool's fault, there's just so
> much "stuff" involved it bubbles up to the user whether they like it
> or not.
>
> On the whole, "infinite flexibility" is pretty much synonymous with
> "infinite complexity".
>
>
>> attributetype ( 2.16.840.1.113730.3.1.1
>> NAME 'carLicense'
>> DESC 'RFC2798: vehicle license or registration plate'
>> EQUALITY caseIgnoreMatch
>> SUBSTR caseIgnoreSubstringsMatch
>> SYNTAX 1.3.6.1.4.1.1466.115.121.1.15 )
