Re: (ITS#4487) Problem with dereferencing aliases to remote DB with different suffix

[hyc@symas.com]

quanah@stanford.edu wrote:
> --On Tuesday, April 11, 2006 9:42 PM +0000 skoulik@gmail.com wrote:
>   
>> Expected result: alias entry is transparently dereferenced into
>> cn=Person1,ou=target2,dc=my-domain,dc=com data
>>
>> Actual result: search returns no results
>>
>> PS:
>> Don't hesitate to contact me if you need additional information.
>>     
>
> I will note that back-meta underwent a large bit of rewriting between 
> 2.3.20 and 2.3.21, so it is possible that the issue you are seeing is fixed.
>
>   
Irrelevant. Aliases are not the same as referrals. Aliases can only 
point to other entries within the same database, you must use referrals 
to point to something in a different database.

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