Red Hat Directory Server 8.0 Administrator's Guide

CoS Type CoS definition
Pointer CoS
objectclass: top
objectclass: cosSuperDefinition
objectclass: cosPointerDefinition
cosTemplateDn:DN_string
cosAttribute:list_of_attributes
qualifier
Indirect CoS
objectclass: top
objectclass: cosSuperDefinition
objectclass: cosIndirectDefinition
cosIndirectSpecifier:attribute_name
cosAttribute:list_of_attributes
qualifier
Classic CoS
objectclass: top
objectclass: cosSuperDefinition
objectclass: cosClassicDefinition
cosTemplateDn:DN_string
cosSpecifier:attribute_name
cosAttribute:list_of_attributes
qualifier
Table 5.4. CoS Definitions
CoS definition entries are operational entries and are not returned by default with regular
searches. This means that if a CoS is defined under ou=People,dc=example,dc=com, for
example, the following ldapsearch command will not return them:
ldapsearch -s sub -b ou=People,dc=example,dc=com “(objectclass=*)”
To return the CoS definition entries, add the ldapSubEntry object class to the CoS definition
entries. For example:
dn: cn=pointerCoS,ou=People,dc=example,dc=com
objectclass: top
objectclass: cosSuperDefinition
objectclass: cosPointerDefinition
objectclass: ldapSubEntry
cosTemplateDn: cn=exampleUS,ou=data,dc=example,dc=com
cosAttribute: postalCode override
Then use a special search filter, (objectclass=ldapSubEntry), with the search. This filter can
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