[Fedora-directory-users] ObjectClass PosixGroup + UID/GID auto-generation

[Michael Ströder]

Ryan Braun [ADS] wrote:
> On Monday 11 August 2008 11:35, Kashif Ali wrote:
> 
> But basically,  you just create an object that holds 2 values.  The current 
> available UID and GID.  Then your perl script queries ldap for that object,  
> uses the available UID,  then increments it and writes it back to ldap.
 > [..]
> $mesg = $ldap->modify("cn=idPool,ou=Special Users,$config{BASE_DN}", replace 
> => { "uidNumber" => $config{NextID}+1 } );

FWIW the original idea was different: For this to work reliably with 
multiple instances generating IDs from the same ID pool entry you have 
to explicitly delete the old value and add the new one. If the ID was 
already incremented by another process the old value was already 
replaced and the modify request fails.

Ciao, Michael.