On 4/5/07 6:34, "Webb, Andy" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > So, couldn't you just always request in the search that the DN or CN be > returned as one of the attributes? If the entry is found, you're going > to get the DN of the entry as the record identifier, then getting the DN > (or CN) again as an attribute becomes just a throwaway, but solves the > problem of producing or consuming bad LDIF.
The DN isn't an attribute of an entry that you can request. Kurt's drafted a schema extension which provides the DN in a special entryDN attribute - see draft-zeilenga-ldap-entrydn-02.txt. Of course not all servers support that draft yet. I think though that it is probably reasonable to put your patch in as is, as it is useful to be able to handle slightly non-conformant LDIF files. Cheers, Chris
