Monthly Archives: August 2011

LDAP Assertion Control – Conditional Operation Execution

Posted on August 5, 2011 by Terry Gardner

RFC 4528 defines the request control called the LDAP Assertion Control (OID 1.3.6.1.1.12). The LDAP Assertion Control provides clients with a mechanism wherein an LDAP request is executed conditionally based on whether a client-supplied filter matches an attribute in the … Continue reading →

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LDAP: Modify-Increment Extension

Posted on August 2, 2011 by Terry Gardner

Modern, professional-quality directory servers support an LDAP extension called “Modify-Increment”. The extension, if supported, allows the developer or operator to increment an integer or other incrementable value by a specified increment in one operation. If this operation is not supported, … Continue reading →

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LDAP: Moving and renaming entries and user data

Posted on August 1, 2011 by Terry Gardner

Use ldapmodify with the moddn changetype keyword to move or rename entries in an LDAP database. The moddn request cannot be used to move entries between namingContexts or between servers. This article provides an example of moving an entry uid=user.0,ou=people,dc=example,dc=com … Continue reading →

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