Yes, request instead of register, sorry. And I should have emphasized more that it is an extremely good idea to do that instead of using your own.
I didn't know about autolinking, either. Thanks Joe. Yours, Sakari > -----Original Message----- > From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of joe > Sent: Friday, March 04, 2005 11:38 PM > To: [email protected] > Subject: RE: [ActiveDir] Creating a backlink and forwardlink > > Small correction, you will register your prefix and OID (or > even request an > OID) from MS and then you can request a linkid pair, DO NOT > create your own > linkid values. > > Additionally if this is on K3 or AD/AM you can use > autolinking and not use a > specific linkid value. > > See > > http://blogs.msdn.com/efleis/archive/2004/10/12.aspx > > For a writeup. I was talking with Eric one day and he > mentioned it and I was > like, "WHAT? No I never heard of that!" so he documented it > in his blog. > > joe > > > -----Original Message----- > From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of Sakari Kouti > Sent: Friday, March 04, 2005 4:31 PM > To: [email protected] > Subject: RE: [ActiveDir] Creating a backlink and forwardlink > > Hi Joseph, > > I tested this for the purposes of our "Inside Active Directory" book. > > You should define the linkID attribute for both of your > attributeSchema > objects. The forward link must have an even positive non-zero > number (for > example, the member attribute has 2) and the back link must have a > larger-by-1 odd value (for example, the memberOf attribute has 3). > > A forward-link attribute must use one of the following > syntaxes: DN, DN with > Unicode string, DN with binary, access point DN, and OR name. > A back-link > attribute must be of syntax DN. > > The two linkID numbers must not conflict with any other > attributes. You can > find free numbers manually, if just for your own use, or > programmatically, > if the installation must work in any forest. The platform SDK > has a sample > C++ code for this. > > You must first create the forward link, and then the back link. > > The back link must be multivalued (and the forward link may be). > > In addition, the platform SDK says that "By convention, back > link attributes > are added to the mayContain value of the Top abstract class. > This enables > the back link attribute to be read from objects of any class > because they > are not actually stored with the object, but are calculated > based on the > forward link values." > > For production purposes, it might be a good idea to register > your link ID > pair with Microsoft at > http://msdn.microsoft.com/certification/ADLinkID.asp > > Yours, Sakari > > > ________________________________ > > From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of > Isenhour, Joseph > Sent: Friday, March 04, 2005 10:45 PM > To: [email protected] > Subject: [ActiveDir] Creating a backlink and forwardlink > > > > I'm trying to figure out how to extend our schema with > a forwardlink > attribute and a corresponding backlink attribute. > > I understand how to create an attribute with a DN > syntax and I even > understand how the two are linked in Active Directory. What > I don't know is > what to put in my LDIF to make AD link them. > > Has anyone ever done this? > > Thanks > > List info : http://www.activedir.org/List.aspx > List FAQ : http://www.activedir.org/ListFAQ.aspx > List archive: > http://www.mail-archive.com/activedir%40mail.activedir.org/ > > List info : http://www.activedir.org/List.aspx > List FAQ : http://www.activedir.org/ListFAQ.aspx > List archive: > http://www.mail-archive.com/activedir%40mail.activedir.org/ > List info : http://www.activedir.org/List.aspx List FAQ : http://www.activedir.org/ListFAQ.aspx List archive: http://www.mail-archive.com/activedir%40mail.activedir.org/
