Yeah, I think a lot of it is carry-over from the legacy X.500 schema. I
remember the attribute being present in a number of early X.500
implementations as part of the Paradise project (an attempt in the early
90s to pilot a global directory using X.500). The UK English spelling
for "favourite" reflects the fact that a lot of the original schema
definitions were devised by Steve Kille at University College London.
Here's a good article for anyone who might be interested in some of the
history around X.500.
http://museum.media.org/eti/RoundOne11.html
Tony
-----Original Message-----
From: ActiveDir-owner@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx
[mailto:ActiveDir-owner@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx] On Behalf Of joe
Sent: Wednesday, 30 November 2005 2:42 a.m.
To: ActiveDir@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx
Subject: RE: [ActiveDir] AD Schema Attribute
Yep I think that has been discussed here before. Maybe not. Even more
fun is
that it isn't configured by default to be available on any objects.
There are quite a few items like that, I think you will find Sakari
pointed
out a few in his book as well.
joe
-----Original Message-----
From: ActiveDir-owner@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx
[mailto:ActiveDir-owner@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx] On Behalf Of Almeida Pinto,
Jorge de
Sent: Tuesday, November 29, 2005 2:48 AM
To: ActiveDir@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx
Subject: [ActiveDir] AD Schema Attribute
Now this is fun...
The AD Schema contains the following attribute:
distinguishedName=CN=drink,CN=Schema,CN=Configuration,DC=ADCORP,DC=LAN
CN=drink
adminDescription=The drink (Favourite Drink) attribute type specifies
the
favorite drink of an object (or person).
isSingleValued=FALSE
;-)
Cheers,
Jorge
PS.: I read about this here:
http://blogs.dirteam.com/blogs/tomek/archive/2005/11/29/drink_attr.aspx
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