[Fedora-directory-users] atomically delete subtree (non leaf)

[Rich Megginson]

Roberto Polli wrote:
> hi all,
>
> usually ldap isn't able to atomically delete a subtree (non-leaf). This is 
> annoying while cleaning eg. an user addressbook of thousands of contacts.
>
> Can fedora directory server manage in some way this kind of deletion 
> atomically?
>   
No.
> If not, do you think it's an interesting feature?
>   
Yes.  We should investigate this as part of subtree rename.  At the very 
least, you could rename your subtree (e.g. move ou=contacts to 
ou=deletedcontacts then delete ou=deletedcontacts while you repopulate 
ou=contacts).
> Peace, R.
>   

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