Question about attribute name

[Rana Biswas]

Hi,

When I add an attribute named "cm.host" in my OpenLDAP schema, I
get an invalid name error.

The attribute I added is:
attributeType ( 2.5.4.2.2 NAME   'cm.host'
        DESC 'host name'
        EQUALITY caseIgnoreMatch
        SUBSTR caseIgnoreSubstringsMatch
        SYNTAX 1.3.6.1.4.1.1466.115.121.1.15{32768} )

I am getting the following error: Invalid NAME: "cm.host"

Does this mean attribute in OpenLDAP schema cannot have dot in attribute name
or I am doing something wrong.
Is there any way around, I cannot change the schema and our
application depend on this data.

Thanks in advance.

Regards,
Rana Biswas