Re: Imprecise description for nslcd.conf "map"

[Arthur de Jong <arthur [at] arthurdejong.org>]

On Fri, 2024-02-23 at 10:42 -0700, Philip Prindeville wrote:
> map passwd lhs rhs
> 
> is the equivalent of:
> 
> map passwd lhs "${rhs}"

Correct. The only limitation is that for some mapped attributes this
syntax is not allowed because the attribute names are used to build
LDAP queries.

> which is not implied by the man page.  The manual suggests that
> anything NOT quoted is treated as a literal string with no
> expansions/replacements happening.

Do you have a suggestion for a clarification? This may be a bit brief
currently:

    The NEWATTRIBUTE may be any attribute as it is available in
    the directory.

Thanks,

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