[Fedora-directory-users] schema extension via ldif at install time

Rich Megginson rmeggins at redhat.com
Mon Jun 20 18:46:18 UTC 2005


George Holbert wrote:

> As I understand it, replicated schema is stored in the 99user.ldif 
> file on each consumer.
> Does anyone know if schema defined in 60x.ldif through 98x.ldif files 
> on the master is replicated to consumers?

It is not.

> Or will masters only replicate the schema that is present in their 
> local 99user.ldif file?

Only schema added over LDAP will be automatically replicated.

>
> In other words, will schema changes made to "60custom.ldif" on the 
> master be replicated to each consumer's 99user.ldif file, or will each 
> consumer's /<serverroot>/config/schema directory need to get an 
> updated copy of 60custom.ldif ?

No.  Because there is no way to update the schema in the fie 
60custom.ldif via LDAP.

>
> - George
>
>
> Jeff Clowser wrote:
>
>>
>>
>> Brian K. Jones wrote:
>>
>>> On Monday 20 June 2005 2:03 pm, Mike Jackson wrote:
>>>
>>>  
>>>
>>>> Don't put schema into 99user.ldif, it's not maintainable.
>>>>   
>>>
>>>
>>> This would seem to be contrary to the documentation on redhat's 
>>> site. I'm certainly not meaning to say you're wrong - quite the 
>>> contrary - I'm pointing out to whomever it may concern that the docs 
>>> need polishing :)
>>>
>> Keep in mind that you can edit schema using the console if the schema 
>> you are editing is in 99user.ldif.  If you put it in any other file, 
>> the console will see it as read-only.
>>
>> As a "good" practice, I'd say if you are testing or have schema that 
>> changes often (for whatever reason), use 99user.ldif, but once you 
>> have a stable schema, put it in a separate file for maintainability.  
>> If you are rolling out multiple apps with custom schema in each, it 
>> would probably be userful to put separate apps customizations in 
>> separate files (i.e. 98mail.ldif, 98cal.ldif, etc).  Just makes it 
>> easier to keep things straight.
>>
>> - Jeff
>>
>>
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