Return-Path: X-Original-To: ldapext@ietfa.amsl.com Delivered-To: ldapext@ietfa.amsl.com Received: from localhost (ietfa.amsl.com [127.0.0.1]) by ietfa.amsl.com (Postfix) with ESMTP id 850701A00B1 for ; Wed, 17 Dec 2014 16:43:36 -0800 (PST) X-Virus-Scanned: amavisd-new at amsl.com X-Spam-Flag: NO X-Spam-Score: 0.789 X-Spam-Level: X-Spam-Status: No, score=0.789 tagged_above=-999 required=5 tests=[BAYES_50=0.8, HTML_MESSAGE=0.001, SPF_HELO_PASS=-0.001, SPF_PASS=-0.001, T_RP_MATCHES_RCVD=-0.01] autolearn=ham Received: from mail.ietf.org ([4.31.198.44]) by localhost (ietfa.amsl.com [127.0.0.1]) (amavisd-new, port 10024) with ESMTP id 9QlRrICw_h2A for ; Wed, 17 Dec 2014 16:43:34 -0800 (PST) Received: from us.padl.com (us.padl.com [216.154.215.154]) (using TLSv1 with cipher DHE-RSA-AES256-SHA (256/256 bits)) (No client certificate requested) by ietfa.amsl.com (Postfix) with ESMTPS id C4B721A00A8 for ; Wed, 17 Dec 2014 16:43:34 -0800 (PST) Received: by us.padl.com with ESMTP id sBI0h49R028317; Wed, 17 Dec 2014 19:43:09 -0500 Content-Type: multipart/alternative; boundary="Apple-Mail=_9A94DC3D-17F5-425A-B24D-9647DA1C1135" Mime-Version: 1.0 (Mac OS X Mail 8.0 \(1990.1\)) From: Luke Howard In-Reply-To: Date: Thu, 18 Dec 2014 11:43:03 +1100 Message-Id: <5BC3F036-F46E-4BF2-926A-96C2E98E6064@padl.com> References: <548DB67C.5060009@stroeder.com> <5490AE1C.6010004@stroeder.com> To: Jim Willeke X-Mailer: Apple Mail (2.1990.1) X-SMTP-Vilter-Version: 1.3.6 X-Spamd-Symbols: AWL,BAYES_00,HTML_MESSAGE,RDNS_NONE,USER_IN_WHITELIST X-SMTP-Vilter-Spam-Backend: spamd X-Spam-Threshold: 5.0 X-Spam-Probability: -20.5 Archived-At: http://mailarchive.ietf.org/arch/msg/ldapext/YvG3KLr5s5aUhBzffyBe7a7XK8Y Cc: Ldapext , =?utf-8?Q?Michael_Str=C3=B6der?= Subject: Re: [ldapext] why posixAccount MUST contain 'cn'? X-BeenThere: ldapext@ietf.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.15 Precedence: list List-Id: LDAP Extension Working Group List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , X-List-Received-Date: Thu, 18 Dec 2014 00:43:36 -0000 --Apple-Mail=_9A94DC3D-17F5-425A-B24D-9647DA1C1135 Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable Content-Type: text/plain; charset=utf-8 It is a bit tricky to remember why I made =E2=80=9Ccn=E2=80=9D mandatory = but it probably had something to do with (erroneously) conflating = accounts and people. Something that should be addressed in future = specifications (if they ever happen). The only issue might be that some clients reject entries that are = missing =E2=80=9Ccn=E2=80=9D. -- Luke -- www.lukehoward.com soundcloud.com/lukehoward= --Apple-Mail=_9A94DC3D-17F5-425A-B24D-9647DA1C1135 Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable Content-Type: text/html; charset=utf-8
It is a bit tricky to remember why I made = =E2=80=9Ccn=E2=80=9D mandatory but it probably had something to do with = (erroneously) conflating accounts and people. Something that should be = addressed in future specifications (if they ever happen).

The only issue might be = that some clients reject entries that are missing =E2=80=9Ccn=E2=80=9D.

-- = Luke

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