[SSSD] [PATCH] add store/search/delete interface for custom sysdb objects

Sumit Bose sbose at redhat.com
Wed Oct 21 15:15:47 UTC 2009


On Tue, Oct 20, 2009 at 07:46:02PM -0400, Simo Sorce wrote:
> On Mon, 2009-10-19 at 16:42 +0200, Sumit Bose wrote:
> > Hi,
> > 
> > this patch adds a store/search/delete sysdb API for data not related
> > to
> > users of groups. The data is stored in cn=custom,cn=domain,cn=sysdb.
> > The
> > client must specify a subtree_name and an object_name to save the data
> > in cn=object_name,cn=subtree_name,cn=custom,cn=domain,cn=sysdb.
> > 
> > Please have a look at the sysdb_check_handle_* request, too. I think
> > it
> > makes the code more readable and helps to reduce code duplications.
> 
> Why are you deleting and re-adding the entry in custom store ?
> Why not just replace the attributes you want to set ?
> 
> Simo.
> 

I think it is a typical use case that you want to store a copy of some
LDAP search result and replacing all exiting data. Maybe a update call
can be integrated when needed.

bye,
Sumit



More information about the sssd-devel mailing list