2007/663 Winchester directory-based name mapping [FastTrack timeout 11/30/2007]

[Darren J Moffat]

James Carlson wrote:
>>> This sounds at least a little messy, as though we're handing users a
>>> kit of parts and telling them to build a system out of it.  Is there
>>> any way we can avoid exposing so much of the internal design to users?
>>> Why can't there be default names reserved?
>> We've been asked to provide a feature found in other products, and this
>> is what they do.
> 
> I understand that.  I was hoping we could manage to do better, though.
> (My mother would ask, "if all your friends decided to jump off a
> bridge, would you?")
> 
> Can we at least suggest some recommended names?  If nothing else,
> that'll encourage more people to set up their systems that way by
> default and lessen the chance of having the service just break in
> ordinary use.

There are suggested names in the sample schema in the case dir.  I 
suggested, and the team has agreed to, include them in 
/usr/share/lib/ldif/ so I guess they have already done that.

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Darren J Moffat