Re: Symlinks in OpenLDAP

[David Smith <DavidSmith@byu.net>]

Well, Dave, you simply use ldapdelete with the -M switch.

Best,
Dave

On Thu, 2002-12-05 at 23:17, Dave Smith wrote:
> This seems to have worked pretty well. However, how do I delete an alias 
> once created?
> 
> When I issue an LDAP delete with the DN of the alias, I am referred to 
> the destination of the alias and neither it nor its alias is deleted.
> 
> Thanks.
> 
> --Dave
> 
> Norbert Klasen wrote:
> > 
> > 
> > --On Donnerstag, 5. Dezember 2002 11:54 -0700 David Smith 
> > <DavidSmith@byu.net> wrote:
> > 
> >> Is it possible to create a symlink in OpenLDAP. I would like to create a
> >> container of objects that are just symlinks to other objects.
> > 
> > 
> > A "symlink" in LDAP is an "alias". Create an entry with "alias" as 
> > structural object class and put the DN of the "real" entry into the 
> > "aliasedObjectName" attribute.
> > Note that alias handling is not fully implementd in all parts of 
> > OpenLDAP (e.g. bdb).
> > 
> > Norbert
> 
>