[Freeipa-devel] [PATCHES] 0080-0081 Add userClass attributes for users and hosts

[Ana Krivokapic]

On 10/29/2013 02:04 PM, Simo Sorce wrote:
> On Tue, 2013-10-29 at 12:42 +0100, Martin Kosek wrote:
>> On 10/29/2013 10:49 AM, Ana Krivokapic wrote:
>>> Hello,
>>>
>>> Patch 0080 adds userClass attribute for users to IPA CLI.
>>> Patch 0081 adds userClass attribute for users and hosts to the web UI.
>>>
>>> Design page:
>>> http://www.freeipa.org/page/V3/Integration_with_a_provisioning_systems
>>>
>>> Tickets:
>>> https://fedorahosted.org/freeipa/ticket/3588
>>> https://fedorahosted.org/freeipa/ticket/3590
>> NACK to just extending posixAccount objectclass. This is a standard objectclass
>> defined by RFC 2307 and we cannot just simply extend and overwrite it as we wish.
> Uhh indeed this is a big No-no.
>
>> We will need to come up with some custom objectclass, like ipaUser. This is the
>> reason why I wrote to ticket "A second goal of this ticket is to review current
>> objectClass hierarchy of users and do changes if needed." so that we can pick
>> the best option where to place it.
> userClass is used in ipaHost, so I guess it could be instead add to an
> ipa objectclass. ipaObject might be used perhaps, otherwise we'll need a
> new ipaUser objectlass.
>
> Simo.
>

If there are no objections to using the ipaObject objectclass, the attached
patches implement this approach.

Also, the schema change has been added to the appropriate .ldif file, and the
addeer dialogs in the web UI have been extended to support the new userclass
attribute.

-- 
Regards,

Ana Krivokapic
Associate Software Engineer
FreeIPA team
Red Hat Inc.

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