[Fedora-directory-users] NSUniqueID

Bjorn Oglefjorn sys.mailing at gmail.com
Tue May 15 19:08:17 UTC 2007


I've edited out the personal/company details, but here is the result of the
query.  Looks interesting, I've never seen this before.  Is there a good
section in the docs on how to read this?

dn: uid=auser,ou=People,dc=example,dc=com
nscpEntryWsi: dn: uid=auser,ou=People,dc=example,dc=com
nscpEntryWsi:
modifyTimestamp;adcsn-4648d7560000000b0000;vucsn-4648d7560000000b0000:
20070514213629Z
nscpEntryWsi:
modifiersName;adcsn-4648d7560000000b0000;vucsn-4648d7560000000b0000:
uid=modifier,ou=people,dc=example,dc=com
nscpEntryWsi: mail;adcsn-4648d7560000000b0000;vucsn-4648d7560000000b0000:
auser at example.com
nscpEntryWsi: mail;vucsn-4648d7560000000b0000: auser at email.example.com
nscpEntryWsi: mail;vucsn-4648d7560000000b0000: Another.User at example.com
nscpEntryWsi: entrydn: uid=auser,ou=people,dc=example,dc=com
nscpEntryWsi: entryid: 2803
nscpEntryWsi: parentid: 2
nscpEntryWsi: createTimestamp;vucsn-45ecada3000000010000: 20070305235111Z
nscpEntryWsi: creatorsName;vucsn-45ecada3000000010000:
uid=creator,ou=people,dc=example,dc=com
nscpEntryWsi: userPassword;vucsn-45ecada3000000010000:
{crypt}xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx
nscpEntryWsi: employeeType;vucsn-45ecada3000000010000: Fulltime
nscpEntryWsi: ou;vucsn-45ecada3000000010000: Management
nscpEntryWsi: o;vucsn-45ecada3000000010000: example.com
nscpEntryWsi: manager;vucsn-45ecada3000000010000:
uid=manager,ou=People,dc=example,dc=com
nscpEntryWsi: title;vucsn-45ecada3000000010000: General Manager
nscpEntryWsi: loginShell;vucsn-45ecada3000000010000: /bin/bash
nscpEntryWsi: scalixMailboxClass;vucsn-45ecada3000000010000: LIMITED
nscpEntryWsi: scalixHideUserEntry;vucsn-45ecada3000000010000: FALSE
nscpEntryWsi: scalixLimitNotifyUser;vucsn-45ecada3000000010000: TRUE
nscpEntryWsi: scalixLimitInboundMail;vucsn-45ecada3000000010000: TRUE
nscpEntryWsi: scalixLimitOutboundMail;vucsn-45ecada3000000010000: TRUE
nscpEntryWsi: scalixLimitMailboxSize;vucsn-45ecada3000000010000: 1024
nscpEntryWsi: scalixMailboxAdministrator;vucsn-45ecada3000000010000: FALSE
nscpEntryWsi: scalixAdministrator;vucsn-45ecada3000000010000: FALSE
nscpEntryWsi: scalixServerLanguage;vucsn-45ecada3000000010000: AMERICAN
nscpEntryWsi: scalixMailnode;vucsn-45ecada3000000010000: mailnode
nscpEntryWsi: scalixScalixObject;vucsn-45ecada3000000010000: TRUE
nscpEntryWsi: objectClass;vucsn-45ecada3000000010000: top
nscpEntryWsi: objectClass;vucsn-45ecada3000000010000: person
nscpEntryWsi: objectClass;vucsn-45ecada3000000010000: organizationalPerson
nscpEntryWsi: objectClass;vucsn-45ecada3000000010000: inetorgperson
nscpEntryWsi: objectClass;vucsn-45ecada3000000010000: posixAccount
nscpEntryWsi: objectClass;vucsn-45ecada3000000010000: scalixUserClass
nscpEntryWsi: givenName;vucsn-45ecada3000000010000: Another
nscpEntryWsi: gidNumber;vucsn-45ecada3000000010000: 100
nscpEntryWsi: uidNumber;vucsn-45ecada3000000010000: 12498
nscpEntryWsi: uid;vucsn-45eee916000000010000;mdcsn-45eee916000000010000:
auser
nscpEntryWsi: cn;adcsn-45eee916000100010000;vucsn-45eee916000100010000:
Another User
nscpEntryWsi: gecos;adcsn-45eee916000100010000;vucsn-45eee916000100010000:
Another User
nscpEntryWsi:
homeDirectory;adcsn-45eee916000100010000;vucsn-45eee916000100010000:
/home/auser
nscpEntryWsi: sn;adcsn-45eee916000100010000;vucsn-45eee916000100010000: User
nscpEntryWsi: nsUniqueId: 647b2b01-1dd211b2-80c7e758-74ea0000

Thanks again Richard.
--BO

On 5/15/07, Richard Megginson <rmeggins at redhat.com> wrote:
>
> Bjorn Oglefjorn wrote:
> > On 5/15/07, *Richard Megginson* <rmeggins at redhat.com
> > <mailto:rmeggins at redhat.com>> wrote:
> >
> >     Bjorn Oglefjorn wrote:
> >     > On 5/15/07, *Richard Megginson* <rmeggins at redhat.com
> >     <mailto:rmeggins at redhat.com>
> >     > <mailto:rmeggins at redhat.com <mailto:rmeggins at redhat.com>>> wrote:
> >     >
> >     >     Bjorn Oglefjorn wrote:
> >     >     > That's the problem Richard, I'm not sure how it
> >     happens.  I can tell
> >     >     > you this much though.  I am using NSUniqueID as a globally
> >     unique id
> >     >     > for a one-way sync agreement to a specific application
> >     (from FDS to
> >     >     > the application).  The requirement for the globally unique
> >     id is
> >     >     that
> >     >     > it never changes.  If it somehow does change, the sync
> >     process
> >     >     > provides an error stating that the globally unique ids in
> FDS
> >     >     and the
> >     >     > application no longer match.  I can't determine exactly
> >     what is
> >     >     > causing this change, but I do know that it is happening.
> >     >     But how does the sync process/application determine that the
> >     unique ID
> >     >     has changed?  And is it possible that some application is
> >     writing
> >     >     to the
> >     >     nsUniqueID attribute and changing its value externally?  Are
> >     you using
> >     >     replication?
> >     >
> >     >
> >     > There is no application that has write access to our LDAP user
> tree.
> >     > I am using a dual multi-master replication setup.  What about
> >     > replication would cause the NSUniqueID to change?
> >     If you delete an entry then add it back with the same DN and mail
> >     value,
> >     it will generate a new nsUniqueID for the new entry.  Also, certain
> >     replication operations may generate replication conflict
> entries.  In
> >     this case, you could see two entries with the same mail attribute
> but
> >     different nsUniqueID values and different DNs.
> >
> >
> > The entry was not deleted, only the mail attribute was modified.  The
> > RDN contains the uid of the entry.
> Could you perhaps post the entry before and after the modification?  I
> would really like to see the entry with all of the replication state
> information.  You can get this by listing the special attribute
> nscpEntryWsi e.g.
> ldapsearch .... (nsuniqueid=value) nscpEntryWsi
>
> Be sure to obscure any sensitive information before posting.  If there
> is a lot of output, you can use pastebin.com or rafb.net to avoid
> spamming the list.
> >
> >     To check for this, do a search for each of the "duplicate"
> nsUniqueID
> >     values using a search filter like this:
> >     (|(nsuniqueid=value1)(objectclass=nsTombstone))
> >     and
> >     (|(nsuniqueid=value2)(objectclass=nsTombstone))
> >
> >
> > The first filter returns nothing (implying that there are no entries
> > in the directory with objectclass=nsTombstone).
> Replication update procedures may create tombstones.  Those entries do
> not show up unless you specify that filter in your search request.  So
> if the entry is a tombstone, and you did a search for (nsuniqueid=value)
> the entry would not be returned unless you added
> |(objectclass=nsTombstone) to the search filter.
> > The second filter returns the entry in question.  That seems to be
> > what one would normally expect if there hadn't been a change in the
> > nsuniqueid, correct?
> Yes.
> >
> >     >
> >     >     For example, does your sync app do something like this:
> >     >     get entry by name e.g . (uid=somename).  Store the
> >     nsUniqueID for
> >     >     the entry.
> >     >     Then later, do the same search (uid=somename) and get the
> >     nsUniqueID.
> >     >     Compare the nsUniqueID to the one stored previously.
> >     >
> >     >
> >     > That is nearly exactly how the sync application works.  For any
> >     entry
> >     > that the application keeps track of, it keeps a 'lastseen'
> LDIF.  on
> >     > the next run of the sync, a search is performed and the LDIFs are
> >     > compared.
> >     >
> >     >     If this is the case, is it possible that the uid for the
> >     entry has
> >     >     changed?
> >     >
> >     >
> >     > No, the only change made to the entry in question was to the
> 'mail'
> >     > attribute.
> >     >
> >     >     > --BO
> >     >     >
> >     >     > On 5/15/07, *Richard Megginson* <rmeggins at redhat.com
> >     <mailto:rmeggins at redhat.com>
> >     >     <mailto: rmeggins at redhat.com <mailto:rmeggins at redhat.com>>
> >     >     > <mailto:rmeggins at redhat.com <mailto:rmeggins at redhat.com>
> >     <mailto:rmeggins at redhat.com <mailto:rmeggins at redhat.com>>>> wrote:
> >     >     >
> >     >     >     Bjorn Oglefjorn wrote:
> >     >     >     > Hello all,
> >     >     >     >
> >     >     >     > Can someone tell me, does the NSUniqueID attribute
> ever
> >     >     change for a
> >     >     >     > given entry in the directory?
> >     >     >     No.
> >     >     >     > If so (I've seen it happen),
> >     >     >     Can you describe exactly what you saw and how to
> >     reproduce it?
> >     >     >     > what are the criteria that prompt NSUniqeID to change?
> >     >     >     >
> >     >     >     > Thanks,
> >     >     >     > BO
> >     >     >     >
> >     >     >
> >     >
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