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Re: Q: meaning of ACL "disclose" access
Ulrich Windl wrote:
> Hi!
>
> The manual page slapd.access explains: "The disclose access level allows disclosure of information on error."
>
> I don't quite understand what this is saying: Can the requester find out a specific object or attribute exists without actually reading its value?
Basically, yes. If you attempt an operation on an entry that doesn't have Disclose access,
you'll get a NO_SUCH_OBJECT error instead of whatever other error code might have applied.
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