Bug#989096: gosa LDAP schemas: Move 'alias' attribute type from kolab2.schema to gosa-samba3.schema

[Mike Gabriel]

Package: src:gosa
Severity: important
Version: 2.7.4+reloaded3-14
Forwarded: https://github.com/gosa-project/gosa-core/pull/36
Tags: patch

There currently is a problem with gosa-plugins-mailaddress that should  
be mitigated via a slight .schema file change in src:gosa.

The gosa-plugin-mailaddress plugin allows for configuration of the  
"mail" attribute type and the "alias" attribute type. However, an  
"alias" attribute type is only provided by objectClass  
kolabInetOrgPerson. This objectClass, however, should not be used for  
providing this "alias" attribute type, because it brings a big  
overhead of other attribute types with it, not needed at all. The  
kolab2.schema should not be required to get the  
gosa-plugin-mailaddress fully functional.

Without kolab2.schema (and thus, kolabInetOrgPerson set as an  
objectClass), it is not possible to set any 'alias' mail address via  
the gosa-plugin-mailaddress.

A solution for this, I have just tested on two Debian Edu servers  
(buster and bullseye) and also provided to upstream for the GOsa²  
upstream developers to review:


https://github.com/gosa-project/gosa-core/pull/36
https://github.com/gosa-project/gosa-plugins-kolab/pull/1

This should be fixed one and for all (I have worked around this issue  
for a couple of years, now) in Debian 11.

Mike
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