[Fedora-directory-users] "Numeric String" attribute syntax not supported by FDS 1.1?

[Aleksander Adamowski]

Hi!

I''ve installed Fedora DS 1.1 for x86_64 and am currently extending my
schema. I got some schema ldif files converted from OpenLDAP format.

I've placed the converted schema LDIFs in
/etc/dirsrv/my_instance_name/schema/, and restarted the dirsrv service.

The problem is that FDS reject a quite common attribute syntax:

[03/Mar/2008:17:47:54 +0100] dse - The entry cn=schema in file
/etc/dirsrv/my_instance_name/schema/75phpgwcontact.ldif is invalid,
error code 21 (Invalid syntax) - attribute type phpgwContactOwner:
Unknown attribute syntax OID "1.3.6.1.4.1.1466.115.121.1.36"
[03/Mar/2008:17:47:54 +0100] dse - Please edit the file to correct the
reported problems and then restart the server.


This is very strange, considering that 1.3.6.1.4.1.1466.115.121.1.36
(Numeric String) is a quite common attribute syntax and it's present in
Netscape's own RFC 2252, section 6.23:
http://www.faqs.org/rfcs/rfc2252.html

==============================
6.23. Numeric String

( 1.3.6.1.4.1.1466.115.121.1.36 DESC 'Numeric String' )

The encoding of a string in this syntax is the string value itself.
Example:

1997
==============================

Surely it can't  be that Netscape/Fedora Directory Server doesn't
support it?

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[Aleksander Adamowski]

Aleksander Adamowski wrote:
>  [03/Mar/2008:17:47:54 +0100] dse - The entry cn=schema in file
>  /etc/dirsrv/my_instance_name/schema/75phpgwcontact.ldif is invalid,
>  error code 21 (Invalid syntax) - attribute type phpgwContactOwner:
>  Unknown attribute syntax OID "1.3.6.1.4.1.1466.115.121.1.36" 
BTW, here's the problematic schema LDIF fragment:

attributeTypes: (
  1.3.6.1.4.1.9554.103
  NAME 'phpgwContactOwner'
  EQUALITY numericStringMatch
  SUBSTR numericStringSubstringsMatch
  SYNTAX 1.3.6.1.4.1.1466.115.121.1.36{16}
  SINGLE-VALUE
  )


P.S. sorry for posting the same message three times, my sender 
configuration was acting funny... I just subscribed to this list.

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    Aleksander Adamowski
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        ICQ UIN: 19780575 
	http://olo.org.pl

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    Altkom Akademia S.A. http://www.altkom.pl
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    kom. [phone]

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[Rich Megginson]

Aleksander Adamowski wrote:
>  Hi!
>
>  I''ve installed Fedora DS 1.1 for x86_64 and am currently extending my
>  schema. I got some schema ldif files converted from OpenLDAP format.
>
>  I've placed the converted schema LDIFs in
>  /etc/dirsrv/my_instance_name/schema/, and restarted the dirsrv service.
>
>  The problem is that FDS reject a quite common attribute syntax:
>
>  [03/Mar/2008:17:47:54 +0100] dse - The entry cn=schema in file
>  /etc/dirsrv/my_instance_name/schema/75phpgwcontact.ldif is invalid,
>  error code 21 (Invalid syntax) - attribute type phpgwContactOwner:
>  Unknown attribute syntax OID "1.3.6.1.4.1.1466.115.121.1.36"
>  [03/Mar/2008:17:47:54 +0100] dse - Please edit the file to correct the
>  reported problems and then restart the server.
>
>
>  This is very strange, considering that 1.3.6.1.4.1.1466.115.121.1.36
>  (Numeric String) is a quite common attribute syntax and it's present in
>  Netscape's own RFC 2252, section 6.23: 
It's not really Netscape's own
RFC although some of the authors were 
Netscape employees.
>  http://www.faqs.org/rfcs/rfc2252.html
>
>  ==============================
>  6.23. Numeric String
>
>  ( 1.3.6.1.4.1.1466.115.121.1.36 DESC 'Numeric String' )
>
>  The encoding of a string in this syntax is the string value itself.
>  Example:
>
>  1997
>  ==============================
>
>  Surely it can't  be that Netscape/Fedora Directory Server doesn't
>  support it?
>  
It can be and it is.  Fedora DS does not support Numaric String.  Please 
file a bug requesting the addition of this feature.  In the meantime, 
just use a case insensitive string syntax.