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LDAP_SCHEMA(3)                                 Library Functions Manual                                LDAP_SCHEMA(3)



NAME
       ldap_str2syntax,  ldap_syntax2str,  ldap_syntax2name,  ldap_syntax_free,  ldap_str2matchingrule, ldap_matchin‐
       grule2str,  ldap_matchingrule2name,  ldap_matchingrule_free,  ldap_str2attributetype,  ldap_attributetype2str,
       ldap_attributetype2name,  ldap_attributetype_free,  ldap_str2objectclass,  ldap_objectclass2str,  ldap_object‐
       class2name, ldap_objectclass_free, ldap_scherr2str - Schema definition handling routines

LIBRARY
       OpenLDAP LDAP (libldap, -lldap)

SYNOPSIS
       #include <ldap.h>
       #include <ldap_schema.h>

       LDAPSyntax * ldap_str2syntax(s, code, errp, flags)
       const char * s;
       int * code;
       const char ** errp;
       const int flags;

       char * ldap_syntax2str(syn)
       const LDAPSyntax * syn;

       const char * ldap_syntax2name(syn)
       LDAPSyntax * syn;

       ldap_syntax_free(syn)
       LDAPSyntax * syn;

       LDAPMatchingRule * ldap_str2matchingrule(s, code, errp, flags)
       const char * s;
       int * code;
       const char ** errp;
       const int flags;

       char * ldap_matchingrule2str(mr);
       const LDAPMatchingRule * mr;

       const char * ldap_matchingrule2name(mr)
       LDAPMatchingRule * mr;

       ldap_matchingrule_free(mr)
       LDAPMatchingRule * mr;

       LDAPAttributeType * ldap_str2attributetype(s, code, errp, flags)
       const char * s;
       int * code;
       const char ** errp;
       const int flags;

       char * ldap_attributetype2str(at)
       const LDAPAttributeType * at;

       const char * ldap_attributetype2name(at)
       LDAPAttributeType * at;

       ldap_attributetype_free(at)
       LDAPObjectClass * oc;

       ldap_objectclass_free(oc)
       LDAPObjectClass * oc;

       char * ldap_scherr2str(code)
       int code;

DESCRIPTION
       These routines are used to parse schema definitions in the syntax defined in RFC 4512 into structs and  handle
       these structs.  These routines handle four kinds of definitions: syntaxes, matching rules, attribute types and
       object classes.  For each definition kind, four routines are provided.

       ldap_str2xxx() takes a definition in RFC 4512 format in argument s as a NUL-terminated string and returns,  if
       possible,  a pointer to a newly allocated struct of the appropriate kind.  The caller is responsible for free‐
       ing the struct by calling ldap_xxx_free() when not needed any longer.  The routine returns NULL if some  prob‐
       lem happened.  In this case, the integer pointed at by argument code will receive an error code (see below the
       description of ldap_scherr2str() for an explanation of the values) and a pointer to  a  NUL-terminated  string
       will  be  placed  where  requested by argument errp , indicating where in argument s the error happened, so it
       must not be freed by the caller.  Argument flags is a bit mask of parsing options controlling  the  relaxation
       of the syntax recognized.  The following values are defined:

       LDAP_SCHEMA_ALLOW_NONE
              strict parsing according to RFC 4512.

       LDAP_SCHEMA_ALLOW_NO_OID
              permit definitions that do not contain an initial OID.

       LDAP_SCHEMA_ALLOW_QUOTED
              permit quotes around some items that should not have them.

       LDAP_SCHEMA_ALLOW_DESCR
              permit a descr instead of a numeric OID in places where the syntax expect the latter.

       LDAP_SCHEMA_ALLOW_DESCR_PREFIX
              permit that the initial numeric OID contains a prefix in descr format.

       LDAP_SCHEMA_ALLOW_ALL
              be very liberal, include all options.

       The structures returned are as follows:

              typedef struct ldap_schema_extension_item {
                      char *lsei_name;        /* Extension name */
                      char **lsei_values;     /* Extension values */
              } LDAPSchemaExtensionItem;

              typedef struct ldap_syntax {
                      char *syn_oid;          /* OID */
                      char **syn_names;       /* Names */
                      char *syn_desc;         /* Description */
                      LDAPSchemaExtensionItem **syn_extensions; /* Extension */
              } LDAPSyntax;


                      char *at_desc;          /* Description */
                      int  at_obsolete;       /* Is obsolete? */
                      char *at_sup_oid;       /* OID of superior type */
                      char *at_equality_oid;  /* OID of equality matching rule */
                      char *at_ordering_oid;  /* OID of ordering matching rule */
                      char *at_substr_oid;    /* OID of substrings matching rule */
                      char *at_syntax_oid;    /* OID of syntax of values */
                      int  at_syntax_len;     /* Suggested minimum maximum length */
                      int  at_single_value;   /* Is single-valued?  */
                      int  at_collective;     /* Is collective? */
                      int  at_no_user_mod;    /* Are changes forbidden through LDAP? */
                      int  at_usage;          /* Usage, see below */
                      LDAPSchemaExtensionItem **at_extensions; /* Extensions */
              } LDAPAttributeType;

              typedef struct ldap_objectclass {
                      char *oc_oid;           /* OID */
                      char **oc_names;        /* Names */
                      char *oc_desc;          /* Description */
                      int  oc_obsolete;       /* Is obsolete? */
                      char **oc_sup_oids;     /* OIDs of superior classes */
                      int  oc_kind;           /* Kind, see below */
                      char **oc_at_oids_must; /* OIDs of required attribute types */
                      char **oc_at_oids_may;  /* OIDs of optional attribute types */
                      LDAPSchemaExtensionItem **oc_extensions; /* Extensions */
              } LDAPObjectClass;

       Some  integer  fields (those described with a question mark) have a truth value, for these fields the possible
       values are:

       LDAP_SCHEMA_NO
              The answer to the question is no.

       LDAP_SCHEMA_YES
              The answer to the question is yes.

       For attribute types, the following usages are possible:

       LDAP_SCHEMA_USER_APPLICATIONS
              the attribute type is non-operational.

       LDAP_SCHEMA_DIRECTORY_OPERATION
              the attribute type is operational and is pertinent to the directory itself, i.e. it has the same  value
              on all servers that master the entry containing this attribute type.

       LDAP_SCHEMA_DISTRIBUTED_OPERATION
              the  attribute  type  is  operational  and  is pertinent to replication, shadowing or other distributed
              directory aspect.  TBC.

       LDAP_SCHEMA_DSA_OPERATION
              the attribute type is operational and is pertinent to the directory server itself,  i.e.  it  may  have
              different values for the same entry when retrieved from different servers that master the entry.

       Object classes can be of three kinds:

              by the set of object classes resulting from the operation.

       Routines ldap_xxx2name() return a canonical name for the definition.

       Routines  ldap_xxx2str()  return  a  string  representation  in the format described by RFC 4512 of the struct
       passed in the argument.  The string is a newly allocated string that must be freed by the caller.  These  rou‐
       tines may return NULL if no memory can be allocated for the string.

       ldap_scherr2str()  returns  a  NUL-terminated  string  with  a text description of the error found.  This is a
       pointer to a static area, so it must not be freed by the caller.  The argument code  comes  from  one  of  the
       parsing routines and can adopt the following values:

       LDAP_SCHERR_OUTOFMEM
              Out of memory.

       LDAP_SCHERR_UNEXPTOKEN
              Unexpected token.

       LDAP_SCHERR_NOLEFTPAREN
              Missing opening parenthesis.

       LDAP_SCHERR_NORIGHTPAREN
              Missing closing parenthesis.

       LDAP_SCHERR_NODIGIT
              Expecting digit.

       LDAP_SCHERR_BADNAME
              Expecting a name.

       LDAP_SCHERR_BADDESC
              Bad description.

       LDAP_SCHERR_BADSUP
              Bad superiors.

       LDAP_SCHERR_DUPOPT
              Duplicate option.

       LDAP_SCHERR_EMPTY
              Unexpected end of data.


SEE ALSO
       ldap(3)

ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS
       OpenLDAP  Software  is  developed and maintained by The OpenLDAP Project <http://www.openldap.org/>.  OpenLDAP
       Software is derived from University of Michigan LDAP 3.3 Release.



OpenLDAP 2.4.40                                       2014/09/20                                       LDAP_SCHEMA(3)