Creating The Cos Template Entry From The Command-Line - Red Hat DIRECTORY SERVER 7.1 - ADMINISTRATOR Administrator's Manual

Assigning Class of Service
Table 5-4
CoS Type
Classic CoS

Creating the CoS Template Entry from the Command-Line

Each template entry is an instance of the
NOTE
The CoS template entry also contains the attribute generated by the CoS (as
specified in the
for that attribute.
For example, a CoS template entry that provides a value for the
attribute follows:
dn:cn=exampleUS,ou=data,dc=example,dc=com
objectclass: top
objectclass: extensibleobject
objectclass: cosTemplate
postalCode: 44438
It is possible to create CoS templates that compete with each other to provide an
attribute value. For example, you might have a multi-valued
your CoS definition entry. In such a case, you can specify a template priority on
each template entry to determine which template provides the attribute value. Set
the template priority using the
the global priority of a particular template. A priority of zero is the highest
priority.
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CoS definition
objectclass: top
objectclass: cosSuperDefinition
objectclass: cosClassicDefinition
cosTemplateDn: DN_string
cosSpecifier: attribute_name
cosAttribute: list_of_attributes qualifier
You can also add the
entry. Making the CoS template entry an instance of the
object classes allows ordinary searches to be
LDAPsubentry
performed unhindered by the configuration entries. However, if
the template entry already exists and is used for something else (for
example, if it is a user entry), you do not need to make it an instance
of the
LDAPsubentry
attribute of the CoS definition entry) and the value
cosAttribute
cosPriority
cosTemplate
object class to a new template
LDAPsubentry
object class.
attribute. This attribute represents
object class.
postalCode
cosSpecifier
in