Re: [Fwd] Net::LDAP and OpenLDAP Schemata

[Kurt D. Z. <Ku...@Op...>]

At 12:38 PM 3/29/01 +0100, Chris Ridd wrote:
>> I am trying to access an OpenLDAP 2 server with Net::LDAP. Everything fine
>> so far. But when I try to read schema information via the
>> Net::LDAP::schema method it fails. The reason is that the server does not
>> answers operational attributes such as "subschemaentry". Currently I
>> fixed it by explicitly requesting the operational attributes via attrs =>
>> ['+', '*'] in both Net::LDAP::root_dse and Net::LDAP::schema.
>
>As far as I know the '+' character is not part of any RFC-defined way of
>requesting all operational attributes. (There is no RFC-defined way of
>doing this. Again, AFAIK.)

Yes, '+' as a means for requesting is only a 'work in progress'.
And even when it is published as a RFC, I'd question it's
appropriate for read select operational attributes types.   The
'+' mechanisms is more suited to browsing by humans.  An
automated application should know what's it after and request
it directly.

Kurt