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List:       openldap-software
Subject:    Re: use of ObjectClass top
From:       "Kurt D. Zeilenga" <Kurt () OpenLDAP ! org>
Date:       2000-10-31 19:50:19
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At 10:22 AM 10/30/00 +0000, Steffen Voss wrote:
>Hi all!
>
>My Admin likes to know what the use of the objectclass „top“ is. Could 
>anybody explain it in short?

The "top" object class is the abstract object class which all
structural object classes are derived from.  Amongst other
things, it requires that each object held by the directory
have an objectClass attribute.  This implies that all
objects match the (objectClass=*) filter.

Kurt

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