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vary depending on the department number listed in the different manager's entries.
2.3.5. Example of a Classic CoS
The Example Corporation administrator is creating a classic CoS that automatically generates
postal codes using a combination of the template DN and the attribute specified in the
cosSpecifier attribute.
1. Add a new classic CoS definition entry to the dc=example,dc=com suffix, using ldapmodify.
ldapmodify -a -D "cn=directory manager" -w secret -h host -p 389
The ldapmodify utility binds to the server and prepares it to add information to the
configuration file.
2. Add the indirect CoS definition to the dc=example,dc=com root suffix.
dn: cn=classicCoS,dc=example,dc=com
objectclass: top
objectclass: cosSuperDefinition
objectclass: cosClassicDefinition
cosTemplateDn: cn=classicCoS,dc=example,dc=com
cosSpecifier: businessCategory
cosAttribute: postalCode override
3. Create the template entries for the sales and marketing departments. Add the CoS attributes
to the template entry. The cn of the template sets the value of the businessCategory
attribute in the target entry, and then the attributes are added or overwritten according to the
value in the template:
dn: cn=sales,cn=classicCoS,dc=example,dc=com
objectclass: top
objectclass: extensibleObject
objectclass: cosTemplate
postalCode: 44438
dn: cn=marketing,cn=classicCoS,dc=example,dc=com
objectclass: top
objectclass: extensibleObject
objectclass: cosTemplate
postalCode: 99111
The classic CoS definition entry applies to all entries under the dc=example,dc=com suffix.
Depending upon the combination of the businessCategory attribute found in the entry and the
cosTemplate DN, it can arrive at one of two templates. One, the sales template, provides a
postal code specific to employees in the sales department. The marketing template provides a
postal code specific to employees in the marketing department.
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