Re: Imprecise description for nslcd.conf "map"

[Philip Prindeville <philipp_subx [at] redfish-solutions.com>]

> On Feb 24, 2024, at 6:54 AM, Arthur de Jong <arthur@arthurdejong.org> wrote:
> 
> 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,


I would document 2 different forms separately:

map ATTRIBUTE NEWATTRIBUTE

and:

map ATTRIBUTE "EXPRESSION"

And enumerate the exceptions.  Like uidNumber as ATTRIBUTE can't have an 
EXPRESSION expansion.