Custom Attribute

[Tim Kalligonis]

In the past with Win2000 there was a tool in the Resource Kit called OIDGEN
to generate an OID for a custom attribute. We have a Win2003 environment
and I need to create a new attribute. I haven't found OIDGEN in the Win2003
resource kit.

To generate an OID should I just use the tool from the Win2000 resource kit
or is there another recommended way?

 

[Tomasz Onyszko]

In the past with Win2000 there was a tool in the Resource Kit called OIDGEN
to generate an OID for a custom attribute. We have a Win2003 environment
and I need to create a new attribute. I haven't found OIDGEN in the Win2003
resource kit.

To generate an OID should I just use the tool from the Win2000 resource kit
or is there another recommended way?

OIDGEN is now an obsolete tool - If You want to get OIDs for your
organization to use in productive environment You can get Your OIDs
using this page:
http://msdn.microsoft.com/certification/ad-registration.asp

 

[Tim Kalligonis]

Thanks!
One question. One piece of information they are requesting is "PREFIX
DESIRED". What are they asking for here?
Not sure what the Schema naming prefix information is.

 

[Joe Richards [MVP]]

You should have two pieces of unique info for your schema updates

1. An actual registered OID, anyone who has used OIDGEN to generate OIDs in a
production schema may have screwed themselves or a customer pretty badly in the
long run. That was only for test, not for real.

2. A prefix for the schema names. For instance, any schema attributes I create
will be prefixed with joeware. So if I want to add a custom description
attribute it would be joewareDescription so it isn't possible for me to collide
with anyone else with a custom attribute.



--
Joe Richards Microsoft MVP Windows Server Directory Services
www.joeware.net

Thanks!
One question. One piece of information they are requesting is "PREFIX
DESIRED". What are they asking for here?
Not sure what the Schema naming prefix information is.