Abstract: A method of bulk import in a directory server, including defining an extended operation on a server and a client, sending an extended operation request from the client to the server, performing the extended operation after receiving the extended operation request from the server, sending a response of the server back to the client specifying an object identifier of the extended operation and data specific to the extended operation; and performing a series of LDAP add operations framed by extended operations to import an entry into the directory server. A bulk import system for a directory server, including a processor, a memory, extended operations defined on a server and a client, and software instructions residing in memory executable on the processor for performing a series of LDAP add operations framed by extended operations to import an entry into the directory server.

Abstract: A virtual attribute service in a directory server including an attribute value associated with an entry, a virtual attribute service provider, and an interface using the virtual attribute service provider to generate the attribute value associated with the entry.

Abstract: Class of Service (CoS) is a mechanism that allows sharing attributes between directory entries in a way transparent to an application. An indirect CoS identifies a template entry using the value of one of the target entry's attributes. In Indirect CoS, template entries are not defined within the CoS Scheme along with the CoS Definition entry. A first target entry may indirectly use a second target entry as a template entry and take on the second target entry's attribute-value pairs. It should be noted, however, that the first target entry's CoS specifier attribute must contain the DN of an existing and valid second target entry. Thus, in indirect CoS, a DN-valued attribute in the first target entry points to a temporary template entry, which is the second target entry's attribute-value set. The value in the attribute-value pair, which represents the CoS specifier must be a DN and must point to a valid entry.

Abstract: A method of bulk import in a directory server, including defining an extended operation on a server and a client, sending an extended operation request from the client to the server, performing the extended operation after receiving the extended operation request from the server, sending a response of the server back to the client specifying an object identifier of the extended operation and data specific to the extended operation; and performing a series of LDAP add operations framed by extended operations to import an entry into the directory server. A bulk import system for a directory server, including a processor, a memory, extended operations defined on a server and a client, and software instructions residing in memory executable on the processor for performing a series of LDAP add operations framed by extended operations to import an entry into the directory server.