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    A Structural Object Class for Arbitrary Auxiliary Object Classes
                   <draft-howard-namedobject-00.txt>



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Abstract


The Lightweight Directory Access Protocol (LDAP) supports auxiliary
object classes for adding additional attributes to a directory entry.

This document defines a structural object class that may be used when no
other structural object class is available.

. Background






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Schema for LDAP directories often define auxiliary object classes that
are intended to be used with a specific structural object class.

For example, the posixGroup object class [RFC2307bis] is an auxiliary
object class that may be used to overlay POSIX group identification on
an existing group of distinguished names.  In this case, it is suggested
that the groupOfUniqueNames object class be used as a structural object
class. However, this may sometimes be inappropriate: that groupOfUnique-
Names requires at least one member may make it impossible to migrate
existing group information. [RFC2307bis] could define a specific struc-
tural object class for this case (say, structuralPosixGroup), but this
would unnecessarily add to the proliferation of redundant schema.

This document defines a structural object class, namedObject, that man-
dates no attributes other than a common name. Arbitrary auxiliary object
classes may be thus associated with entries which have this as a struc-
tural object class.

. Object Class Definitions


The namedObject object class defines one mandatory attribute, a common
name. The OID arc is iso(1) org(3) dod(6) internet(1) private(4) enter-
prise(1) padl(5322) namedObjectSchema(13) objectClasses(1).

     ( 1.3.6.1.4.1.5322.13.1.1 NAME 'namedObject' SUP top
       STRUCTURAL MAY cn )

Other attributes allowed by auxiliary classes may be used for naming
purposes.

An example entry would be:

     dn: cn=Sample Entry,dc=padl,dc=com
     objectClass: top
     objectClass: namedObject
     cn: Sample Entry

An example entry with an auxiliary class from [RFC2307bis] would be:

     dn: cn=wheel,ou=Groups,dc=padl,dc=com
     objectClass: top
     objectClass: namedObject
     objectClass: posixGroup
     cn: wheel
     gidNumber: 0
     memberUid: root




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. References


[RFC2251]
     M. Wahl, T. Howes, S. Kille, "Lightweight Directory Access Protocol
     (v3)", RFC 2251, December 1997.

[RFC2252]
     Wahl, M., Coulbeck, A., Howes, T., and S. Kille, "Lightweight
     Directory Access Protocol (v3): Attribute Syntax Definitions", RFC
     2252, December 1997.

[RFC2307bis]
     L. Howard, M. Ansari, "An Approach for Using LDAP as a Network
     Information Service", March 2001.

. Author's Address

     Luke Howard
     PADL Software Pty. Ltd.
     PO Box 59
     Central Park Vic 3145
     Australia
     EMail: lukeh@padl.com

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