ldap unboundid: create custom attribute for an entry

Question

    try {
        LDAPResult result = getConnection().modify(
                 "dn: cn=jacob.kranz,cn=example,cn=com",
                 "changetype: modify",
                 "replace: forgotPasswordAttribute",
                 "forgotPasswordAttribute: testValueForNewAttribute");
    } catch (LDIFException e) {
        // TODO Auto-generated catch block
        e.printStackTrace();
    } catch (LDAPException e) {
        // TODO Auto-generated catch block
        e.printStackTrace();
    }

I want to add the forgotPassword attribute for the given entry. According to the UnboundId documenatation (found here ), when doing a replace (see param 3), it will create the attribute if the attribute does not already exist. However, I keep getting an error forgotPassword: attribute type undefined .

Answer 1

如果条目尚不具有该属性，则replace修改类型将为该条目添加属性，但是该属性类型需要在架构中定义，并由条目中包含的对象类允许。