Processing An Ldap Modify Operation - Netscape DIRECTORY SERVER 6.2 - PLUG-IN Manual

Processing an LDAP Modify Operation

Processing an LDAP Modify Operation
When the Directory Server receives an LDAP modify request from a client, the
front-end gets the DN of the entry to be modified and the modifications to be
made. The front-end makes this information available to pre-operation and
post-operation plug-in functions in the form of parameters in a parameter block.
Parameter ID
SLAPI_MODIFY_TARGET
SLAPI_MODIFY_MODS
The modify function should check the following:
• If the operation has been abandoned, the function should return -1. (You do
not need to call
the client. According to the LDAP protocol, the client does not expect a server
response after an operation is abandoned.)
• If the entry is a referral entry (an entry with the object class "ref") and no
manageDSAIT control is included with the request, the function should call
slapi_str2filter()
To determine if a manageDSAIT control is present, call
to get the value of the
control is included in the request. If 0, the control is not included in the request.
• If the entry does not exist, check the following:
• If the entry is not schema-compliant (call
determine this), the function should call
the LDAP error code
86 Netscape Directory Server Plug-In Programmer's Guide • December 2003
Data Type
char *
LDAPMod **
slapi_send_ldap_result()
to send a referral and return -1.
SLAPI_MANAGEDSAIT
If the closest matching entry is a referral entry and if no manageDSAIT
control is included in the request, the function should call
slapi_send_ldap_referral()
Otherwise, the function should call
an LDAP error code
LDAP_NO_SUCH_OBJECT
LDAP_OBJECT_CLASS_VIOLATION
Description
DN of the entry to be modified.
A NULL-terminated array of LDAPMod
structures, which represent the
modifications to be performed on the entry.
to send an LDAP error code to
slapi_pblock_get()
parameter. If the value is 1, the
to send a referral and return -1.
slapi_send_ldap_result()
and return -1.
slapi_entry_schema_check()
slapi_send_ldap_result()
and should return -1.
to send
to
to send