Disallowed schema changes
Changes to the schema that affect the operation of the server are not allowed. The schema definitions that are required by the directory server must not be changed.
Not all schema changes are allowed. You must consider the following
change restrictions:
- Any change to the schema must leave the schema in a consistent state.
- An attribute type that is a supertype of another attribute type might not be deleted. An attribute type that is a "MAY" or a "MUST" attribute type of an object class might not be deleted.
- An object class that is a superclass of another might not be deleted.
- Attribute types or object classes that refer to nonexisting entities (for example, syntaxes or object classes) cannot be added.
- Attribute types or object classes cannot be modified in such a way that they end up referring to nonexisting entities (for example, syntaxes or object classes).
The following schema definitions are required by the directory server.