[Fedora-directory-users] set of attributes?

[Pete Rowley]

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> 
> For example, I have my HR app, let's say I create a schema, 
> and I want to call my set of attr hrApp, which contains 
> departmentnumber, manager, ...
> 
> So when I do ldapsearch, instead of using
> 
>   (manager=john)
> 
> I can do
> 
>   (hrApp.manager=john)
> 
> that would be used as "standard" ldap query syntax :)

OK I think I understand what you don't understand :)

The objectclass attribute values are like your hrApp, in that they are what
determine which attributes an entry _must_ have and which attributes an
entry _may_ have.  So, taking the inetorgperson objectclass, which happens
to allow the manager attribute (which is dn syntax so it points to the
manager entry itself) your filter would be:

(&(objectclass=inetorgperson)(manager=uid=john,dc=my,dc=org))

> 
> I'm looking at the CoS, but really don't know how to use it. 
> The concept of CoS seems like aspect programming to me, but 
> my understanding from the manual is that, the value of 
> attributes in CoS is shared by the entries, and not the definition.
> 

Yes it is a way to share common attribute/value pairs among many entries -
not really what you are after.