On Thu, May 30, 2013 at 11:08 AM, Michael Ströder <[email protected]> wrote:
> A client application can set 'entryUUID' by sending the relax rules control > along with the add/modify request. This is good to know. I wasn't aware such a control existed. > I used this in a migration project deriving OpenLDAP's entryUUID from Novell > eDirectory's GUID. Aside: those and AD's objectGUID have the same semantics, yes? (I'd be floored if they didn't.) > Of course the client app is then responsible for generating proper UUIDs. With > random UUIDs you might run out of entropy depending on how many you have to > generated within a certain time. Not too concerned about volume. I ended up writing an overlay anyway which seems to work fine. I'll be sending a patch once I tidy up the makefiles etc. Thanks for the insight, -- Dorian Taylor http://doriantaylor.com/
