Re: [ldapext] groupOfEntries object class proposal
Luke Howard <lukeh@padl.com> Mon, 17 September 2007 23:00 UTC
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Another thing that would be useful might be to define the behaviour of nested groups, eg. should the client expand them? It would make sense to use this object class for rfc2307bis too (whenever that is completed :-)) -- Luke Andrew Findlay wrote: > At the recent LDAP conference in Cologne there was wide support for an > effort to improve some of the commonly-used schema definitions. In > particular, the fact that groupOfNames does not permit an empty group > was felt to be a significant problem. > > To address this problem, I have published an I-D proposing a new > objectclass called groupOfEntries. The I-D is appended and is also > available at: > > http://www.ietf.org/internet-drafts/draft-findlay-ldap-groupofentries-00.txt > > To make adoption as easy as possible, the new object class is > identical to groupOfNames except that it has the ability to > describe empty groups without resorting to tricks and workarounds. > > I would like to see this new class used in place of groupOfNames in > new designs, so I propose to ask IETF to consider the draft for the > Standards Track. > > Comments and suggestions for improvement are welcome, and should be > sent to the ldapext@ietf.org mailing list. > > Andrew > -- www.padl.com | www.lukehoward.com _______________________________________________ Ldapext mailing list Ldapext@ietf.org https://www1.ietf.org/mailman/listinfo/ldapext
- [ldapext] groupOfEntries object class proposal Andrew Findlay
- Re: [ldapext] groupOfEntries object class proposal Luke Howard
- RE: [ldapext] groupOfEntries object class proposal Neal-Joslin, Robert (HP-UX Lab R&D)
- Re: [ldapext] groupOfEntries object class proposal Luke Howard
- Re: [ldapext] groupOfEntries object class proposal Howard Chu
- RE: [ldapext] groupOfEntries object class proposal Ramsay, Ron
- RE: [ldapext] groupOfEntries object class proposal Ramsay, Ron
- Re: [ldapext] groupOfEntries object class proposal Howard Chu
- Re: [ldapext] groupOfEntries object class proposal Michael Ströder
- Re: [ldapext] groupOfEntries object class proposal Michael Ströder
- Re: [ldapext] groupOfEntries object class proposal Michael Ströder
- Re: [ldapext] groupOfEntries object class proposal Neil Dunbar
- Re: [ldapext] groupOfEntries object class proposal Andrew Findlay
- Re: [ldapext] deprecating groupOfUniqueNames Andrew Findlay
- Re: [ldapext] groupOfEntries object class proposal Andrew Findlay
- RE: [ldapext] groupOfEntries object class proposal Liben, Michael (GTI)
- Re: [ldapext] groupOfEntries object class proposal Andrew Findlay
- Re: [ldapext] groupOfEntries object class proposal Steven Legg
- Re: [ldapext] groupOfEntries object class proposal Steven Legg
- Re: [ldapext] groupOfEntries object class proposal Luke Howard
- Re: [ldapext] groupOfEntries object class proposal Andrew Findlay
- [ldapext] Nested group (was: groupOfEntries objec… Michael Ströder
- Re: [ldapext] groupOfEntries object class proposal Michael Ströder
- Re: [ldapext] groupOfEntries object class proposal Michael Ströder
- [ldapext] Nested group (was: groupOfEntries objec… Andrew Findlay
- Re: [ldapext] Nested group (was: groupOfEntries o… Andrew Findlay
- RE: [ldapext] Nested group (was: groupOfEntries o… Liben, Michael (GTI)
- Re: [ldapext] Nested group (was: groupOfEntries o… Andrew Findlay
- Re: [ldapext] Nested group (was: groupOfEntries o… simo
- Re: [ldapext] Nested group (was: groupOfEntries o… Andrew Findlay
- Re: [ldapext] Nested group (was: groupOfEntries o… simo
- RE: [ldapext] Nested group (was: groupOfEntries o… Liben, Michael (GTI)
- Re: [ldapext] Nested group Howard Chu
- Re: [ldapext] Nested group (was: groupOfEntries o… Andrew Findlay
- Re: [ldapext] Nested group (was: groupOfEntries o… simo
- Re: [ldapext] Nested group (was: groupOfEntries o… simo
- Re: [ldapext] Nested group simo
- Re: [ldapext] Nested group (was: groupOfEntries o… Andrew Findlay
- Re: [ldapext] Nested group (was: groupOfEntries o… Howard Chu
- Re: [ldapext] Nested group Howard Chu
- RE: [ldapext] Nested group Liben, Michael (GTI)
- Re: [ldapext] Nested group expansion control Howard Chu
- Re: [ldapext] Nested group (was: groupOfEntries o… simo
- Re: [ldapext] Nested group (was: groupOfEntries o… simo
- RE: [ldapext] Nested group (was: groupOfEntries o… Neal-Joslin, Robert (HP-UX Lab R&D)
- Re: [ldapext] Nested group (was: groupOfEntries o… Pete Rowley
- Re: [ldapext] Nested group (was: groupOfEntries o… Howard Chu
- Re: [ldapext] Nested group (was: groupOfEntries o… Andrew Findlay
- Re: [ldapext] Nested group (was: groupOfEntries o… simo
- Re: [ldapext] groupOfEntries object class proposal Pete Rowley
- Re: [ldapext] groupOfEntries object class proposal Howard Chu
- Re: [ldapext] groupOfEntries object class proposal Steven Legg
- Re: [ldapext] groupOfEntries object class proposal Kurt Zeilenga
- Re: [ldapext] groupOfEntries object class proposal Kurt Zeilenga
- Re: [ldapext] Nested group Steven Legg
- Re: [ldapext] Nested group Steven Legg
- Re: [ldapext] Nested group Luke Howard
- Re: [ldapext] Nested group (was: groupOfEntries o… Michael Ströder
- Re: [ldapext] Nested group Michael Ströder
- Re: [ldapext] Nested group (was: groupOfEntries o… Michael Ströder
- Re: [ldapext] Nested group Michael Ströder
- Re: [ldapext] groupOfEntries object class proposal Peter Gietz
- Re: [ldapext] groupOfEntries object class proposal Pete Rowley
- Re: [ldapext] Nested group Steven Legg