web500gw: Adding entries

Configuration

  # Person template
  "Person-add"
  "People"
  "person icon"
  # template options
  addable
  # objectclass list
  person
  END

You may specify how to authenticate to the Directory in order to add the new entry. The syntax is:

"attr[|attr...]"

where attr could be

empty	- an input field is presented to type in the DN to bind as
attribute	- The value of this attribute should be used as DN to bind as, e.g. manager or owner. This is the attribute in the entry the new entry should be added below.
dn:DN	- Use DN to bind as.

# name of attribute to authenticate as
"manager|dn:cn=Manager,o=Org,c=DE" 

  # default attribute name to use when forming RDN of a new entry
  cn

  # rules used to define default values for new entries
  constant objectclass top
  constant objectclass person
  constant objectclass organizationalPerson
  constant objectclass labeledURIObject
  constant telephoneNumber "edit:+49 371 531-0"
  constant mail change:@tu-chemnitz.de
  END

The template routine of LDAP-3.3 only allows to specify "constant" (means: not changeable) values. Web500gw accepts two special tokens in order to enhance this:

If the defined value starts with "edit:", the following string is given as default value but is allowed to be changed within the form.

If the defined value starts with "change:", the following string is given as default value but has to be changed, otherwise it is ignored (which may be an error for required attributes).

Finally you list all the attributes you'll allow to add to a new entry:

  item cis,sort,required  cn  cn
  item cis,1val,required   sn  sn
  item cis        telephoneNumber         telephoneNumber
  item mail       mail                    mail
  item cis        userPassword            userPassword
  item cis,ro     objectclass             objectclass

Usage

Well, now you can use the add feature by requesting an add form:

http://web500gw.host:port/DN?$bind,addform,tmpl=Person-add

where DN is the Directory name of the location for the new entry.

Configuration:
 web500gw.conf
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