compat-flag_5dsconf

DS server instance configuration (SER) property compat-flag

Description

The behavior of a Directory Server instance is configured according to server properties such as compat-flag.

Characteristic	Value
Syntax	`none` \| `no-rfc4511 \| no-rfc4522`
Default Value	`none`
Is readable	Yes
Is modifiable	Yes
Is multi-valued	Yes

In the preceding table, syntax values shown in lower case or partly in lower case are literal values. Those shown in upper case are syntax types, as described in server(5DSCONF).

Flag which forces server to behave as in previous releases, for compatibility reasons.

The following values are accepted:

none

The server behavior is not altered.
no-rfc4511

RFC 4511 specifies that a search filter (such as (&(attr>=v1)(attr<=v2)) should return entries that have one value that is greater than or equal to v1 and one value that is less than or equal to v2. In previous versions of Directory Server, this filter was interpreted as entries with values in the range v1...v2 (which is more restrictive when the attribute is multi-valued. The Directory Server now implements the RFC 4511 behavior by default, unless compat-flag is set to no-rfc4511.
no-rfc4522

RFC 4522 clarifies the usage of the binary qualifier in attribute names. It states that an LDAP search response should always append the binary qualifier to the attribute name whenever its syntax allows the binary option and also when the attribute is requested without the binary qualifier. By default, version 7 implements RFC 4522 behavior. If compat-flag is set to no-rfc4522, the software implements version 6 behavior.

Application requests	Directory Server 6 responds	Directory Server 7 responds (without `no-rfc4522`)	Directory Server 7 responds (with `no-rfc4522`)
`userCertificate`	`userCertificate`	`userCertificate;binary`	`userCertificate`
`userCertificate;binary`	`userCertificate;binary`	`userCertificate;binary`	`userCertificate;binary`

Attributes

See attributes(5) for descriptions of the following attributes:

ATTRIBUTE TYPE	ATTRIBUTE VALUE
Availability	SUNWdsee7
Stability Level	Evolving