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Table 5-3 lists attributes that you can use in your CoS definition entries.
The
cosAttribute
attribute allows an additional qualifier after the attribute value.
You can use the following qualifiers:
• Default—This qualifier indicates that the server only returns a generated value
if there is no corresponding attribute value stored with the entry.
• Override—This qualifier indicates that the server always returns the value
generated by the CoS, even when there is a value stored with the entry.
• Operational—This qualifier indicates that the attribute will only be returned if
it is explicitly requested in the search. Operational attributes do not need to
pass a schema check in order to be returned. When you use
operational
as a
qualifier, it works as if
override
and
operational
were specified.
If you do not indicate a qualifier,
default
is assumed.
Table 5-3 CoS Definition Entry Attributes
Attribute Definition
cosAttribute
Provides the name of the attribute for which you want to generate a value.
You can specify more than one
cosAttribute
value. This attribute is
used by all types of CoS definition entries.
cosIndirectSpecifier
Specifies the attribute value used by an indirect CoS to identify the
template entry.
cosSpecifier
Specifies the attribute value used by a classic CoS, which, along with the
template entry’s DN, identifies the template entry.
cosTemplateDn
Provides the DN of the template entry associated with the CoS definition.
Used for pointer CoS and classic CoS only.
NOTE You can only make an attribute operational if it is also defined as
operational in the schema. For example, if your CoS generates a
value for the
description
attribute, you use the
operational
qualifier because this attribute is not marked operational in the
schema.