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Assigning Class of Service
• 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
qualifier, it works as if
• Operational-default
This qualifier indicates that the server only returns a generated value if
there is no corresponding attribute value stored with the entry and if it is
explicitly requested in the search.
NOTE
If you do not indicate a qualifier,
For example, you might create a pointer CoS definition entry that contains an
override
dn: cn=pointerCoS,dc=example,dc=com
objectclass: top
objectclass: LDAPsubentry
objectclass: cosSuperDefinition
objectclass: cosPointerDefinition
cosTemplateDn: cn=exampleUS,cn=data
cosAttribute: postalCode override
This pointer CoS definition entry indicates that it is associated with a template
entry,
attribute. The override qualifier indicates that this value will take precedence over
the value stored by the entries for the
NOTE
For more information about the attributes, refer to the Netscape Directory Server
Configuration, Command, and File Reference.
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override
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
qualifier because this attribute is not marked operational in the
schema.
qualifier as follows:
cn=exampleUS,cn=data
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 operational or override qualifiers.
and
operational
attribute, you use the
is assumed.
default
, that generates the value of the
attribute.
postalCode
as a
operational
were specified.
operational
postalCode