Re: [patch] Demo/simplebrowse.py fixes/enhancemnts

[David L. <dav...@it...>]

On Thu, 13 Dec 2001, Michael Str=F6der typed thusly:

> >   I like simplebrowse.py - it's kind of utility I was always missing
> > in my communication with LDAP ;-) . I'm missing "cd .." though, and it
> > keeps saying "invalid command" for almost any entered one. Fix is
> > attached.
>
> I've commited it.

But, the structure of DNs is not that simple. What you're saying is that
you want to find the 'parent' object of an object. But the simple removing
of some component of the DN isn't guaranteed to work.

e.g.  A=3Da,B=3Db,C=3Dc may not have as parent A=3Da,B=3Db but instead B=3D=
b,C=3Dc.
I found this out the hard way when doing some testing ..

Now, I don't fully understand X.500 so maybe someone else knows a way of
properly defining and implementing "cd .."?

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