Re: query about search, unbind, and netware homefolders

[Chris R. <Chr...@me...>]

On Fri, 05 May 2000 13:25:32 +1000, David Bussenschutt wrote:
> Thankyou all for such quick responses to my filtering problems...
> It's working great now.....
> 
> 
> Another question, where would I find a comprehensive list of attributes?
> I've been browsing the web for a couple of hours, and can only find bits
> and pieces, like names for objects, and basic samples containing
> cn,sn,mail,etc common attributes.  

The LDAP RFCs are a good place to start.

Start with RFC 2256, then take a quick look at RFC 1274. There are some 
commonly used bits of schema defined in internet drafts as well, like 
inetOrgPerson. You'll have to find the latest draft for yourself though.

> I want a comprehensive list, with all the obscure ones too, as I need to
> define my own mappings between ldap attributes and Netware NDS object
> attributes(in the ldap->NDS server config) and didn't want to be
> "making-up" ldap attribute names to map to the existing NDS attributes.
> It doesn't really matter too much in my case as I'm writing the client ldap
> software - thanks to perl, but it seems to me to be good practice to stick
> to standard attribute names if they exist.
> 
> It seems a bit strange to me that Novell would only predefine a subset of
> their NDS attributes to have ldap equivalents? 

I agree.

Some directories support the interrogation of schema actually over 
protocol. If you investigate using the Net::LDAP::Schema class with 
Novell this may also provide some useful information.

Cheers,

Chris