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Re: delete a user schema from cn=config
Derek Zhou wrote:
> On Monday, November 19, 2018 01:49:14 AM Howard Chu wrote:
>> Derek Zhou wrote:
>>> On Sun, Nov 18, 2018 at 09:29:10PM +0000, Howard Chu wrote:
>>>> Derek Zhou wrote:
>>>>>
>>>>> Understood. How do I find out what can be changed on the fly, what cannot as of the current git head? Document, pointer to source code all ok.
>>>>
>>>> Everything can be modified. Deleting entries is unsupported in 2.4.
>>>>
>>> Very cool. Let me clarify one more thing, if a schema is being modified, and if the current data
>>> is imcompatible with the modified schema, will it reject the modification or accept it, and the
>>> schema is only enforced for newer data?
>>
>> It's your responsibility to ensure that no existing data uses the schema you're modifying.
>> The modification will simply be accepted. If you have data in your database using the old
>> definition, and it uses a syntax with different normalization rules than the new version,
>> your database will most likely be corrupted.
>>
> I see. So, is adding an optional (MAY) attribute to an objectClass ok?
>
Sure, that has no impact on any existing data.
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