This chapter lists alphabetically all the attribute syntax definitions that are in the operational schema.
For the NWDS functions and those built on top of them, the nwdsdefs.h file contains an enumerated data type for each syntax. The last member of the structure is SYNTAX_COUNT, which is not syntax type, but a count that returns the number of syntaxes defined in the enumeration.
For LDAP, the syntax types use the following data types that are specific to LDAP. UTF8 (Universal Transformation Format) is a method for converting 16-bit Unicode characters into 8-bit characters.
|
Data Type |
Description |
|---|---|
|
dstring |
A UTF8 encoded string. |
|
distinguishedname |
LDAP string format of the distinguished name (CN=Kim, OU=Sales, O=Widget, Inc.). See RFC 2253 for more information. |
|
LDAPDN |
LDAP format of the distinguished name (CN=Kim, OU=Sales, O=Widget, Inc.), BER encoded |
|
LDAPString |
A type and length preceded string, BER encoded |
|
octetstring |
Opaque data in an application-defined format |
|
unit16string |
A numeric string with an upper bound of 65535 |
|
uint32string |
A numeric string with an upper bound of 429467295 |
For an explanation of the types of information included about each syntax, see Reading Syntax Definitions.