From 22bbbe05db21a4206db61c516fbba0c53ce208c2 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: Roland Gruber <post@rolandgruber.de>
Date: Tue, 4 Aug 2015 06:30:38 +0000
Subject: [PATCH] auto-range for self registration

---
 lam/HISTORY                       |  1 +
 lam/docs/manual-sources/howto.xml | 19 +++++++++++++++++++
 2 files changed, 20 insertions(+)

diff --git a/lam/HISTORY b/lam/HISTORY
index d6049f48..cbfcc586 100644
--- a/lam/HISTORY
+++ b/lam/HISTORY
@@ -3,6 +3,7 @@ September 2015 5.1
   - SSH public key: check uploaded files if in right format
   - LAM Pro:
    -> MySQL support for cron jobs
+   -> Self registration: support auto-numbering for attributes (e.g. to create Unix accounts)
 
 
 30.06.2015 5.0
diff --git a/lam/docs/manual-sources/howto.xml b/lam/docs/manual-sources/howto.xml
index 5fc1cc9c..496bffc7 100644
--- a/lam/docs/manual-sources/howto.xml
+++ b/lam/docs/manual-sources/howto.xml
@@ -8190,6 +8190,23 @@ OK (10 msec)</programlisting>
 
                 <entry></entry>
               </row>
+
+              <row>
+                <entry>Auto-numbering for attributes such as uidNumber. Will
+                do a search for attribute values in the given range and use
+                highest value + 1.</entry>
+
+                <entry>autorange</entry>
+
+                <entry>e.g. uidNumber</entry>
+
+                <entry>LDAP search base, e.g.
+                ou=people,dc=company,dc=com</entry>
+
+                <entry>Minimum value, e.g. 1000</entry>
+
+                <entry>Maximum value, e.g. 2000</entry>
+              </row>
             </tbody>
           </tgroup>
         </table>
@@ -8208,6 +8225,8 @@ OK (10 msec)</programlisting>
 
         <para>constant::homeDirectory::/home/@@uid@@</para>
 
+        <para>autorange::uidNumber::ou=people,dc=company,dc=com::10000::20000</para>
+
         <para>If you use the object class "inetOrgPerson" and do not provide
         the "cn" attribute then LAM will set it to the user name value.</para>