2 files changed, 5 insertions, 42 deletions

diff --git a/source4/dsdb/samdb/ldb_modules/repl_meta_data.c b/source4/dsdb/samdb/ldb_modules/repl_meta_data.c
index 3c713ec4d9..baae44a30d 100644
--- a/source4/dsdb/samdb/ldb_modules/repl_meta_data.c
+++ b/source4/dsdb/samdb/ldb_modules/repl_meta_data.c
@@ -3345,9 +3345,7 @@ static int replmd_process_linked_attribute(struct ldb_module *module,
 	const struct dsdb_attribute *attr;
 	struct dsdb_dn *dsdb_dn;
 	uint64_t seq_num = 0;
-	struct drsuapi_DsReplicaAttribute drs;
-	struct drsuapi_DsAttributeValue val;
-	struct ldb_message_element new_el, *old_el;
+	struct ldb_message_element *old_el;
 	WERROR status;
 	time_t t = time(NULL);
 	struct ldb_result *res;
@@ -3358,10 +3356,6 @@ static int replmd_process_linked_attribute(struct ldb_module *module,
 	bool active = (la->flags & DRSUAPI_DS_LINKED_ATTRIBUTE_FLAG_ACTIVE)?true:false;
 	const struct GUID *our_invocation_id;
 
-	drs.value_ctr.num_values = 1;
-	drs.value_ctr.values = &val;
-	val.blob = la->value.blob;
-
 /*
 linked_attributes[0]:                                                     
      &objs->linked_attributes[i]: struct drsuapi_DsReplicaLinkedAttribute 
@@ -3462,23 +3456,10 @@ linked_attributes[0]:
 		return ret;
 	}
 
-	status = attr->syntax->drsuapi_to_ldb(ldb, schema, attr, &drs, tmp_ctx, &new_el);
+	status = dsdb_dn_la_from_blob(ldb, attr, schema, tmp_ctx, la->value.blob, &dsdb_dn);
 	if (!W_ERROR_IS_OK(status)) {
-		ldb_asprintf_errstring(ldb, "Failed to parsed linked attribute blob for %s on %s\n",
-				       old_el->name, ldb_dn_get_linearized(msg->dn));
-		return LDB_ERR_OPERATIONS_ERROR;
-	}
-
-	if (new_el.num_values != 1) {
-		ldb_asprintf_errstring(ldb, "Failed to find value in linked attribute blob for %s on %s\n",
-				       old_el->name, ldb_dn_get_linearized(msg->dn));
-		return LDB_ERR_OPERATIONS_ERROR;
-	}
-
-	dsdb_dn = dsdb_dn_parse(tmp_ctx, ldb, &new_el.values[0], attr->syntax->ldap_oid);
-	if (!dsdb_dn) {
-		ldb_asprintf_errstring(ldb, "Failed to parse DN in linked attribute blob for %s on %s\n",
-				       old_el->name, ldb_dn_get_linearized(msg->dn));
+		ldb_asprintf_errstring(ldb, "Failed to parsed linked attribute blob for %s on %s - %s\n",
+				       old_el->name, ldb_dn_get_linearized(msg->dn), win_errstr(status));
 		return LDB_ERR_OPERATIONS_ERROR;
 	}
 
diff --git a/source4/rpc_server/drsuapi/getncchanges.c b/source4/rpc_server/drsuapi/getncchanges.c
index cf4b637c0c..dc4483c8f8 100644
--- a/source4/rpc_server/drsuapi/getncchanges.c
+++ b/source4/rpc_server/drsuapi/getncchanges.c
@@ -246,10 +246,7 @@ static WERROR get_nc_changes_add_la(TALLOC_CTX *mem_ctx,
 	struct drsuapi_DsReplicaLinkedAttribute *la;
 	bool active;
 	NTSTATUS status;
-	struct ldb_message_element val_el;
-	struct ldb_val v;
 	WERROR werr;
-	struct drsuapi_DsReplicaAttribute drs;
 
 	(*la_list) = talloc_realloc(mem_ctx, *la_list, struct drsuapi_DsReplicaLinkedAttribute, (*la_count)+1);
 	W_ERROR_HAVE_NO_MEMORY(*la_list);
@@ -285,24 +282,9 @@ static WERROR get_nc_changes_add_la(TALLOC_CTX *mem_ctx,
 		return ntstatus_to_werror(status);
 	}
 
-	/* we need a message_element with just one value in it */
-	v = data_blob_string_const(dsdb_dn_get_extended_linearized(*la_list, dsdb_dn, 1));
-
-	val_el.name = sa->lDAPDisplayName;
-	val_el.values = &v;
-	val_el.num_values = 1;
-
-	werr = sa->syntax->ldb_to_drsuapi(sam_ctx, schema, sa, &val_el, *la_list, &drs);
+	werr = dsdb_dn_la_to_blob(sam_ctx, sa, schema, *la_list, dsdb_dn, &la->value.blob);
 	W_ERROR_NOT_OK_RETURN(werr);
 
-	if (drs.value_ctr.num_values != 1) {
-		DEBUG(1,(__location__ ": Failed to build DRS blob for linked attribute %s in %s\n",
-			 sa->lDAPDisplayName, ldb_dn_get_linearized(msg->dn)));
-		return WERR_DS_DRA_INTERNAL_ERROR;
-	}
-
-	la->value.blob = drs.value_ctr.values[0].blob;
-
 	(*la_count)++;
 	return WERR_OK;
 }