On Tue, Mar 25, 2025 at 10:57:11AM +0000, Windl, Ulrich wrote:
> I have an amost philosophical question about LDIF and OenLDAP:
>
> Considering
> dn: olcDatabase={1}mdb,cn=config
> objectClass: olcDatabaseConfig
> objectClass: olcMdbConfig
> olcDatabase: {1}mdb
> # ...
>
> I wonder why olcDatabase needs the "{1}" when olcDatabase is a single-valued
> attribute.
> I understand that "olcDatabase={1}mdb" is needed for ordering the databases
> within cn=config,
> But why is the "{1}" repeated for the actual attribute?
It is a "naming attribute" and it has to be present in the entry as per
the RFC451x series[0].
[0]. e.g. https://datatracker.ietf.org/doc/html/rfc4512#section-2.3.1
Regards,
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Ondřej Kuzník
Senior Software Engineer
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