Quanah, Thanks for the quick response.
> > Is there really such a difference between schema between these > > versions that running on a newer version of software will break any > > sort of configuration issues. I am not at all familiar > with openldap > > or LDAP for that matter, but it strikes me as odd that > there could be > > such a difference between two versions of a standardized protocol. > > OL 2.0.x was less strict about schema checking, etc, than > later OL releases. So if they have a poorly written schema, > or violate schema standards, their LDIF file will likely not > work with later releases unless the data is massaged to be correct. I was afraid this would be the case. > They can also expect very poor performance and no support > if/when they hit issues, and of course, they are stuck with > the ldbm backend, which is known to suffer from data corruption. The data corruption thing doesn't sit well for me. I would hope that they have some sort of contingency in place in the event something that would occur. Thanks again for the information, I will go back to them with my concerns and see if we can't work something out. Cheers, Aaron
