[Jxplorer-users] Attribute values instead of names in jxplorer

Chris Betts

2008-06-12 11:27:00 UTC

Hi Luis,

I don't think this is a great idea - it is usually the naming *value*
which identifies the entry. Normally your tree would look like:

...
|
|_ cn=eric
|_ cn=fred
|_ cn=mary
|_ cn= zoe

... if all we showed was the naming attribute, you'd end up with:
...
|
|_ cn
|_ cn
|_ cn
|_ cn

which isn't very interesting!

*however*, JXplorer does distinguish between different naming attribute
types with the *icon* it displays - so if you have, say, both cn=fred and
o=fred in the same tree, you will get different icons displayed against the
two 'fred' entries.

Normally it is the naming value which tells you the identity of the 'thing'
in your tree - if you have multiple entries with the same naming value, and
this is a problem, maybe you should rename them? It seems a bit unusual!

cheers,

Chris

On Thu, Jun 12, 2008 at 4:57 PM, luis garmendia <

Hi,
Sorry I did not explain myself very well. Imagine you have tree structure
a=0
|
|_b=0
|
|_ c=0
in my ldap server (all those entries have more attributes but they are
a
|
|_b
|
|_ c
on the tree (left-hand side panel) in jxplorer. Instead, I see something
0
|
|_0
|
|_ 0
Of course, I can see all the entries, attributes and values on the
right side, but it would be great if I could see the tree structure
with the parameter values as shown above and I guess it must be
something in the jxplorer configuration... What do you think?
Thanks again for your support!

Post by Chris Betts
Hi Luis,
I'm sorry, I'm not quite sure what you're saying here... the tree
*should* show the naming attribute value, e.g. for cn=chris, o=pegacat,
c=au, I'd expect the tree to show "au", under that "pegacat", and under

that

Post by Chris Betts
"chris". What are you seeing instead? Or are you saying that you want

Post by Chris Betts
see the full DN for each entry? (And I don't understand the bit about

zero

Post by Chris Betts
values?)
- Chris
On Wed, Jun 11, 2008 at 11:46 PM, luis garmendia

Hello Chris,
We use jxplorer at work and I have noticed that sometimes, when I
connect to an LDAP server, I see the LDAP tree structure showing the
attribute value that defines the each entry in the tree instead of its
name. When yo have long list of zero values for quite a few entries,
this makes navigating the tree a bit complex. Is there any way to
configure jxplorer to show the entry names instead of its values?
Thanks in advance for your help!
Luis