alias deref expected behaviour ?

[Gerrit Thomson <334647@swin.edu.au>]

Hi Folks,
    what would be the expected behaviour with respect to alias
dereferrencing given the following scenrio.

dn: cn=std,ou=groups,o=org
objectclass: groupofuniquenames
uniquemember: cn=a member,ou=people,o=org

dn: cn=non-std,ou=other_groups,o=org
objectclass: groupofuniquenames
objectclass: alias
aliasedobjectname: cn=std,ou=groups,o=org

if I do do a saerch like
ldapsearch -b ou=other_groups,o=org  "(uniquemember=cn=a
member,ou=people,o=org)"

Are there any setting of the alais deref flags (always,search,find) that
would return me the fact that
dn: cn=non-std,ou=other_groups,o=org
has a uniquemember of
uniquemember: cn=a member,ou=people,o=org

This is a question of alias dereferencing with respect of searches where
the filter includes the value of a particular attribute wewther the
values of objects dereferenced are supposed to used as part of the
search filter.

I have not yet examined the rfc's on this but I supect that it may be a
grey area if best.

Cheers,
    GErrit Thomson.