[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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