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Emmanuel Lecharny commented on DIRSERVER-646: --------------------------------------------- I don't know if we should consider this to be an error. Just a question : have you extended the schema to contain the "numberOfOctaves" attributeType? If not, then the server behavior is correct : as the AttributeType does not exist, it reject the modify operation. wdyt ? > Replacing an unknown attribute with no values (deletion) causes an error > ------------------------------------------------------------------------ > > Key: DIRSERVER-646 > URL: http://issues.apache.org/jira/browse/DIRSERVER-646 > Project: Directory ApacheDS > Type: Bug > Versions: 1.0-RC3 > Environment: ApacheDS 1.0 RC 3 > Java(TM) 2 Runtime Environment, Standard Edition (build 1.5.0_04-b05) > Microsoft Windows XP version 5.1 Service Pack 1 > Reporter: Stefan Zoerner > > I am not sure, whether we have implemented the following right: RFC 2251 says > in chapter 4.6. (Modify Operation) the following about replace modification > items: > "replace: replace all existing values of the given attribute with the new > values listed, creating the attribute if it did not already exist. A replace > with no value will delete the entire attribute if it exists, and is ignored > if the attribute does not exist." > The problem I have found has to do with the second part. To make it more > concrete, here is my example entry: > dn: cn=Kate Bush,dc=example,dc=com > cn: Kate Bush > objectclass: top > objectclass: person > sn: Bush > If I apply the following modification to it (replace with no value) > dn: cn=Kate Bush,dc=example,dc=com > changetype: modify > replace: description > - > i.e. > $ ldapmodify -h localhost -p 10389 -D "uid=admin,ou=system" -w ****** -f > replaceDescription.ldif > modifying entry cn=Kate Bush,dc=example,dc=com > $ > ApacheDS works as expected and described in the RFC above: Nothing happens > (especially no error). > If I use an attribute which is not known to the server, e.g. > dn: cn=Kate Bush,dc=example,dc=com > changetype: modify > replace: numberOfOctaves > - > The following happens > $ ldapmodify -h localhost -p 10389 -D "uid=admin,ou=system" -w ****** -f > replaceOctaves.ldif > modifying entry cn=Kate Bush,dc=example,dc=com > ldap_modify: Undefined attribute type > ldap_modify: additional info: failed to modify entry cn=Kate > Bush,dc=example,dc=com > $ > I am not sure, whether the correct behavior is to ignore the replace > modification here. But I assume it (what does "is ignored if the attribute > does not exist" exactly mean in the RFC?). Sun Java System Directory Server > 5.2. for instance does not throw an error in this situation. -- This message is automatically generated by JIRA. - If you think it was sent incorrectly contact one of the administrators: http://issues.apache.org/jira/secure/Administrators.jspa - For more information on JIRA, see: http://www.atlassian.com/software/jira
