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5. Click Attributes in the left pane. The right pane displays a list of attributes generated on the
target entries.
Click Add to browse the list of possible attributes and add them to the list.
6. After an attribute is added to the list, a drop-down list appears in the Class of Service
Behavior column.
• Select Does not override target entry attribute to tell the directory to only return a
generated value if there is no corresponding attribute value stored with the entry.
• Select Overrides target entry attribute to make the value of the attribute generated by
the CoS override the local value.
• Select Overrides target entry attribute and is operational to make the attribute override
the local value and to make the attribute operational, so that it is not visible to client
applications unless explicitly requested.
• Select Does not override target entry attribute and is operational to tell the directory to
return a generated value only if there is no corresponding attribute value stored with the
entry and to make the attribute operational (so that it is not visible to client applications
unless explicitly requested).
NOTE
An attribute can only be made operational if it is also defined as operational in
the schema. For example, if a CoS generates a value for the description
attribute, you cannot select Overrides target entry attribute and is operational
because this attribute is not marked operational in the schema.
7. Click Template in the left pane. In the right pane, select how the template entry is identified.
• By its DN. To have the template entry identified by only its DN (a pointer CoS), enter the
DN of the template in the Template DN field. Click Browse to locate the DN on the local
server. This will be an exact DN, such as cn=CoS
template,ou=People,dc=example,dc=com.
• Using the value of one of the target entry's attribute. To have the template entry identified
by the value of one of the target entry's attributes (an indirect CoS), enter the attribute
name in the Attribute Name field. Click Change to select a different attribute from the list
of available attributes.
• Using both its DN and the value of one of the target entry's attributes. To have the template
entry identified by both its DN and the value of one of the target entry's attributes (a classic
CoS), enter both a template DN and an attribute name. The template DN in a classic CoS
is more general than for a pointer CoS; it references the suffix or sub suffix where the
template entries will be (there can be more than one template).
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