[Freeipa-devel] Please review: V4/AD user short names design draft

[Simo Sorce]

On Tue, 2017-03-07 at 09:38 +0100, Martin Babinsky wrote:
> On 03/06/2017 01:48 PM, Simo Sorce wrote:
> > On Mon, 2017-03-06 at 07:47 +0100, Martin Babinsky wrote:
> >> On 03/02/2017 02:54 PM, Simo Sorce wrote:
> >>> On Thu, 2017-03-02 at 08:10 +0100, Martin Babinsky wrote:
> >>>> In this case it would probably be a good idea to think about "forward
> >>>> compatibility" and define a new AUX objectclass bringing in
> >>>> 'ipaDomainResolutionOrder' instead of extending two separate
> >>>> objectclasses. In this way we may the just extend whathever object we
> >>>> desire to carry the override in an easy and clean way.
> >>>
> >>> I agree.
> >>> Simo.
> >>>
> >>
> >> Now the most difficult question remains... How to name this objectclass.
> >> I personally am out of ideas but will try my best to come up with
> >> something meaningful.
> >
> > Try to describe what the option ultimately does with as few words as
> > possible.
> >
> > Simo.
> >
> >
> 
> I was thinking about this and since we are performing name qualification 
> (short-name -> fully-qualified name incl. domain/realm part), I would 
> like to propose the following naming schema:
> 
> objectlasses: ( OID_TBD NAME ipaNameQualificationData Desc 'data used 
> for short name qualification data' SUP top AUXILIARY MAY 
> (ipaNameQualificationDomainList) X-ORIGIN 'IPA 4.5' )
> 
> attributeTypes: ( OID_TBD NAME 'ipaNameQualificationDomainList' DESC 
> 'List of domains used to qualify user short name' EQUALITY 
> caseIgnoreIA5Match SINGLE-VALUE SYNTAX 1.3.6.1.4.1.1466.115.121.1.26 
> X-ORIGIN 'IPA v4.5' )
> 
> Let me know if you are ok with this or am I overengineering the names?
> 
> I would like to solve this quickly so that I can finish the design and 
> start implementation.

I was thinking that we can use acronyms here to make it less of a
mouthful and also more easily recognizable:
My idea is:
- ipaNameQualificationData -> ipaFQDNPolicies
- ipaNameQualificationDomainList -> ipaFQDNCheckOrder

Simo.

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Simo Sorce * Red Hat, Inc * New York