DESCRIPTION
The
ldaptemplates.conf file contains information used by the LDAP display routines.
Blank lines and lines that start with a hash character ('#') are treated as comments and ignored. Non-comment lines contain one or more tokens. Tokens are separated by white space, and double quotes can be used to include white space inside a token.
The first non-comment line specifies the version of the template information and must contain the token
Version followed by an integer version number. For example,
Version 1
The current version is
1, so the above example is always the correct first line.
The remainder of the file consists of one or more display templates. The first two lines of the display template each contain a single token that specifies singular and plural names for the template in a user-friendly format. For example,
"Person"
"People"
specifies appropriate names for a template designed to display person information.
The next line specifies the name of the icon or similar element that is associated with this template. For example,
"person icon"
The next line is a blank-separated list of template options. "" can be used if no options are desired. Available options are:
addable (it is appropriate to allow entries of this type to be added),
modrdn (it is appropriate to offer the
modify rdn operation),
altview (this template is an alternate view of another template). For example,
"addable" "modrdn"
The next portion of the template is a list of X.500 object classes that is used to determine whether the template should be used to display a given entry. The object class information consists of one or more lines, followed by a terminating line that contains the single token
END. Each line contains one or more object class names, all of which must be present in a directory entry. Multiple lines can be used to associate more than one set of object classes with a given template. For example,
emailPerson
orgPerson
END
means that the template is appropriate for display of
emailPerson entries or
orgPerson entries.
The next line after the object class list is the name of the attribute to authenticate as to make changes (use "" if it is appropriate to authenticate as the entry itself). For example,
"owner"
The next line is the default attribute to use when naming a new entry, for example,
"cn"
The next line is the distinguished name of the default location under which new entries are created. For example,
"o=XYZ, c=US"
The next section is a list of rules used to assign default values to new entries. The list should be terminated with a line that contains the single token
END. Each line in this section should either begin with the token
constant and be followed by the name of the attribute and a constant value to assign, or the line should begin with
addersdn followed by the name of an attribute whose value will be the DN of the person who has authenticated to add the entry. For example,
constant associatedDomain XYZ.us
addersdn seeAlso
END
The last portion of the template is a list of items to display. It consists of one or more lines, followed by a terminating line that contains the single token
END. Each line is must begin with the token
samerow or the token
item
It is assumed that each item appears on a row by itself unless it was preceded by a
samerow line (in which case it should be displayed on the same line as the previous item, if possible). Lines that begin with
samerow should not have any other tokens on them.
Lines that begin with
item must have at least three more tokens on them: an item type, a label, and an attribute name. Any extra tokens are taken as extra arguments.
The item type token must be one of the following strings:
cis
case-ignore string attributes
mls
multiline string attributes
mail
RFC-822 conformant mail address attributes
dn
distinguished name pointer attributes
bool
Boolean attributes
jpeg
JPEG photo attributes
jpegbtn
a button that will retrieve and show a JPEG photo attribute
fax
FAX T.4 format image attributes
faxbtn
a button that will retrieve and show a FAX photo attribute
audiobtn
audio attributes
time
UTC time attributes
date
UTC time attributes where only the date portion should be shown
url
labeled Uniform Resource Locator attributes
searchact
define an action that will do a directory search for other entries
linkact
define an action which is a link to another display template
protected
for an encrypted attribute, with values displayed as asterisks
An example of an item line for the drink attribute (displayed with label "Work Phone"):
item cis "Work Phone" telephoneNumber
EXAMPLES
Example 1 A Sample Configuration File Containing a Template that Displays People Entries
The following template configuration file contains a templates for display of people entries.
#
# LDAP display templates
#
# Version must be 1 for now
#
Version 1
#
# Person template
"Person"
"People"
# name of the icon that is associated with this template
"person icon"
# blank-separated list of template options ("" for none)
"addable"
#
# objectclass list
person
END
#
# name of attribute to authenticate as ("" means auth as this entry)
""
#
# default attribute name to use when forming RDN of a new entry
#
"cn"
#
# default location when adding new entries (DN; "" means no default)
"o=XYZ, c=US"
#
# rules used to define default values for new entries
END
#
# list of items for display
item jpegbtn "View Photo" jpegPhoto "Next Photo"
item audiobtn "Play Sound" audio
item cis "Also Known As" cn
item cis "Title" title
item mls "Work Address" postalAddress
item cis "Work Phone" telephoneNumber
item cis "Fax Number" facsimileTelephoneNumber
item mls "Home Address" homePostalAddress
item cis "Home Phone" homePhone
item cis "User ID" uid
item mail "E-Mail Address" mail
item cis "Description" description
item dn "See Also" seeAlso
END