Defining an new attribute

[Demet Dinc Oguz <D....@dtg.nl>]

Dear Sir/Madam
I am trying to extend LDAP entities with a new attribute(isActive). Can you explain that how can i add a new attribute (isActive)  to an existing entity with ldif file.
Here is the ldif file i run to create my sample entity

dn: dc=dtg,dc=nl
objectClass: domain
objectClass: top
dc: dtg

dn: ou=Users,dc=dtg,dc=nl
objectClass: organizationalUnit
objectClass: top
ou: Users

dn: ou=Groups,dc=dtg,dc=nl
objectClass: organizationalUnit
objectClass: top
ou: Groups

dn: cn=ESB Dev,ou=Users,dc=dtg,dc=nl
objectClass: inetOrgPerson
objectClass: organizationalPerson
objectClass: person
objectClass: top
cn: ESB Dev
sn: ESBDEV
description: 19741108000000Z
employeeNumber: 7
givenName: ESBDEV
telephoneNumber: 254-323-1920
isActive: TRUE
uid: esbdev@dtg.nl
userPassword:: 123244


After the execution of this file i saw the entity is created but i do not see the isActive attribute of it.


Best Regards

Demet Dinc Oguz

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Re: Defining an new attribute

[Emmanuel Lécharny <el...@gmail.com>]

Le 16/10/14 17:07, Demet Dinc Oguz a écrit :
> Dear Sir/Madam
> I am trying to extend LDAP entities with a new attribute(isActive).

Please define a "LDAP entity".


>  Can you explain that how can i add a new attribute (isActive)  to an existing entity with ldif file.

Assuming entity == entry,

> Here is the ldif file i run to create my sample entity
>
> dn: cn=ESB Dev,ou=Users,dc=dtg,dc=nl
> objectClass: inetOrgPerson
> objectClass: organizationalPerson
> objectClass: person
> objectClass: top
> cn: ESB Dev
> sn: ESBDEV
> description: 19741108000000Z
> employeeNumber: 7
> givenName: ESBDEV
> telephoneNumber: 254-323-1920
> isActive: TRUE
> uid: esbdev@dtg.nl
> userPassword:: 123244
>
>
> After the execution of this file i saw the entity is created but i do not see the isActive attribute of it.

Which is quite normal. The isActive AttributeType is not present in any
of your ObjectClass.

You either have to add the extensible ObjectClass in your entry, or to
define a new ObjectClass which takes isActive as a MAY or MUST
attributeType, and include this ObjectClass into the list of ObjectClass
for your entry.

Of course, this isActive AttributeType must exist in your shema.


At this point, I stringly encourage you to read some information about
what is a LDAP schema (something like
http://www.yolinux.com/TUTORIALS/LinuxTutorialLDAP-DefineObjectsAndAttributes.html
could help, but it just scratchs the very surface of this matter), or
something similar.