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Date: Sat, 18 Dec 2010 01:52:22 +0100
From: Emmanuel Lecharny <elecharny@gmail.com>
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Subject: Re: [AdminPoint] Rename, Move&Rename and Compare operations
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On 12/17/10 5:02 PM, Pierre-Arnaud Marcelot wrote:
> On 17 d�c. 2010, at 16:43, Emmanuel Lecharny wrote:
>
>> Here are the last possible operations :
>>
>> Rename operation
>> ================
>> A rename should not impact the Administrative Model at all, assuming that a subentry renaming just impact the cn attribute (the RFC stipulates that a subentry RDN *must* use the cn AT only)
> I disagree.
> Rename could have a disastrous impact.
> A change in a value may invalidate the evaluated subentries.
> Especially if an entry is used a base entry of the subtreespecification of a subentry.
> In that case the whole subtree under this entry needs to be invalidated.

Renaming an AP might  also have an impact, as if the AP is an IAP, then 
renaming it might change the way the underlying entries will be 
evaluated using the parent AP subentries.

-- 
Regards,
Cordialement,
Emmanuel L�charny
www.iktek.com