[augeas-devel] Re: [Augeas] #81: New ldap lense

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#81: New ldap lense
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  Reporter:  skinny       |       Owner:  lutter   
      Type:  enhancement  |      Status:  assigned 
  Priority:  major        |   Milestone:  next     
 Component:  Augeas       |     Version:           
Resolution:               |    Keywords:  ldap.conf
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Comment (by skinny):

 I had thought about that and a number of different approaches.
 Where as i could work this so that it only branches delimited values as
 variable/value[n] = value while leaving non delimited values as variable =
 value this would mean two things.

 1. We need to then know all variables that "could" have delimited values,
 this means we now need to modify the lens when ever a new delimited
 capable variable is added to the config or application. So we now have to
 track the development of the app in question to stay up to date.

 2. Alternatively, i could change it to "look" for delimited values and
 list them, however leave single values as /variable = value. the problem
 here is that should nss_initgroups_ignoreusers go from a single user
 (nss_initgroups_ignoreusers = user1) to multiple users, we'd need to set
 it by performing "set /files/etc/ldap.conf/nss_initgroups_ignoreusers
 user1,user2" which would mean that next time its viewed it would be
 listed, but it now requires us to know the previous value so that it can
 be used when setting the new one. I've tried this for giggles and i can
 set the value, but i cant save it.

 So the approach i took was what i thought to be best of both worlds. It
 allows a single uniform approach across the entire config while avoiding
 the need for constant revision should new variable optionds be added in
 future releases. The only time this lense should need changing is if the
 delimiters change.

 That said i could be wrong on all counts, i only started playing with
 augeas a few days ago and as mentioned, my regex bites.

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