Re: Several name forms for a structural object class?

Howard Chu <[email protected]> Mon, 30 Jun 2008 13:29:14 -0700
Newsgroups gmane.ietf.ldapbis
Message-ID <[email protected]>
Michael Str=F6der wrote:
> HI!
>
> Looking at section 4.1.7.2. "Name Forms" in
> http://www.ietf.org/rfc/rfc4512.txt it's not really clear to me whether
> more than one name form may be associated with the same structural
> object class. I think it's possible (and I've implemented it that way i=
n
> web2ldap) but the server I'm currently testing with disallows it.
>
> Ciao, Michael.

See X.501 section 12.6.2 Name Form Definition:

If different sets of naming attributes are required for entries of a give=
n=20
structural object class, then a name form must be specified for each dist=
inct=20
set of attributes to be used for naming.

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