[Pkg-openldap-devel] Bug#583319: slapd: built-in schema for uidNumber/gidNumber does not have ordering directive

[Brian Kroth]

> > Package: slapd
> > Version: 2.4.11-1+lenny1
> > Severity: normal
> >
> > Hello,
> >
> > It is frequently useful to be able to do searches like
> > (uidNumber>=10000).  This used to be possible by munging the NIS
> > schema to include:
> > ORDERING integerOrderingMatch
> >
> > on the uidNumber and gidNumber attributes.  Now that the attributes
> > are built in, this is not possible.
> >
> > Please consider adding an ORDERING directive to the attribute
> > definition.

+1

> Why don't you just modify it, using ldapmodify against the cn=config 
> database?

Do you have an example of how to do this?  I converted my confs from
slapd.conf to slapd.d, updated the cn=schema.ldif file and still have
the same problem.

> I don't see anything here for Debian to do.  I would suggest, of course, 
> using a current release, given the antiquity of 2.4.11 at this point.

That's all Debian Lenny has at the moment.  Though the same problem
exists with Squeeze (slapd version 2.4.17-2.1).

Thanks,
Brian
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