[dev] [Patch] Check for requied attributes

[Tarjei Huse]

Hi, patch update. I've added some comments. 
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> > > The attached patch adds functionality to turbas ldapdriver to check if
> > > an entry beeing added contains all the attributes needed.
> > >
> > > This is especially practical with regard to adding entries from other
> > > applications (like imp) as they cannot tell the user that f.x. the
> > > Lastname field is required. As the patch is no, it adds just a "N/A"
> > > string instead.




> > I'm really no LDAP guru, but wouldn't this break the record even more, if
> > the required field is not of a string type?
> That is true. I tried to use some other schema commands to find out if
> it would be possible to check the syntax of the attribute as well.
> 
> However some of the attributes in question( sn and cn) does not give up
> their syntaxstrings when I query the OpenLDAP-server, so for the most
> pressing attributes this would not work ;-/
> 
> I can not remember seeing a combination of objectclasses where this
> might be an issue, f.x. because the attribute in question was a binary
> attribute (think photos etc). If this becomes a problem , just turn the
> feature off. 
> 
> The reason I do this is that this makes it possible to have addressbooks
> that are compatible with Evolution and other addressbook applications
> that use inetorgperson and / or person as one of theobjectclasses.
> 
> Tarjei
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> > Jan.
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