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Changes to Attribute Syntax

Each DSA stores in the directory the names of attributes (and of attribute syntaxes) that occur in directory entries.

Note: A DSA does not store the names of all possible attribute names and syntaxes.

If you try to change the syntax of an attribute when an instance of that attribute already exists, the DSA does not allow this, and produces the following message:

** ALARM **: datastore attribute attribute has different syntax than schema

This approach maintains the integrity of the directory data when you change the configuration of the DSA.