Classic CoS

Classic CoS combines the pointer and indirect CoS behavior. The classic CoS definition entry identifies the base DN of the template and a specifier attribute. The value of the specifier attribute in the target entries is then used to construct the DN of the template entry as follows:

cn=specifierValue, baseDN

The template containing the CoS values is determined by the combination of the RDN (relative distinguished name) value of the specifier attribute in the target entry and the template’s base DN.

Classic CoS templates are entries of the cosTemplate object class to avoid the performance issue associated with arbitrary indirect CoS templates.

The classic CoS mechanism determines the DN of the template from the base DN given in the definition entry and the specifier attribute in the target entry. The value of the specifier attribute is taken as the cn value in the template DN. Template DNs for classic CoS must therefore have the following structure:

cn=specifierValue,baseDN

The following figure shows a classic CoS definition that generates a value for the postal code attribute.

Figure 12–4 Example of a Classic CoS Definition and Template

In this example, the cosSpecifier attribute names the employeeType attribute. The combination of the cosSpecifier attribute and the template DN identifies the template entry as cn=sales,cn=exampleUS,cn=data. The template entry then provides the value of the postalCode attribute to the target entry.