Table 5-4 Cos Definitions - Red Hat DIRECTORY SERVER 7.1 - ADMINISTRATOR Administrator's Manual

For example, you might create a pointer CoS definition entry that contains an
qualifier as follows:
override
dn: cn=pointerCoS,dc=example,dc=com
objectclass: top
objectclass: cosSuperDefinition
objectclass: cosPointerDefinition
cosTemplateDn: cn=exampleUS,ou=data,dc=example,dc=com
cosAttribute: postalCode override
This pointer CoS definition entry indicates that it is associated with a template
entry,
cn=exampleUS,ou=data,dc=example,dc=com
the attribute. The
postalCode
precedence over the value stored by the entries for the
NOTE If an entry contains an attribute value generated by a CoS, you
cannot manually update the value of the attribute if it is defined
with the
For more information about the attributes, refer to the Red Hat Directory Server
Configuration, Command, and File Reference.
Now that you have been introduced to the object classes and attributes used by a
CoS definition, it is time to put them together to create the definition entry itself.
Table 5-4 describes the CoS definition for each type of CoS.
Table 5-4 CoS Definitions
CoS Type
Pointer CoS
Indirect CoS
qualifier indicates that this value will take
override
or
operational override
CoS definition
objectclass: top
objectclass: cosSuperDefinition
objectclass: cosPointerDefinition
cosTemplateDn: DN_string
cosAttribute: list_of_attributes qualifier
objectclass: top
objectclass: cosSuperDefinition
objectclass: cosIndirectDefinition
cosIndirectSpecifier: attribute_name
cosAttribute: list_of_attributes qualifier
Assigning Class of Service
, that generates the value of
attribute.
postalCode
qualifiers.
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