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Re: Multiple domains searchable

To: openldap-software@OpenLDAP.org
Subject: Re: Multiple domains searchable
From: Dieter Kluenter <dieter@dkluenter.de>
Date: Mon, 29 Mar 2004 17:50:06 +0200
In-reply-to: <Pine.GSO.4.44.0403290902350.9832-100000@spot.ensoport.com> (Kevin Hildebrand's message of "Mon, 29 Mar 2004 09:18:08 -0500 (EST)")
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Kevin Hildebrand <kevin@hq.ensoport.com> writes:

> I am currently doing exactly this- managing multiple domains, with each
> domain in its own database.
[...]
>
> What I REALLY want to be able to do is to make the pointer entries into
> LDAP aliases.  That would tremendously simplify things because as I see
> it, the LDAP server will then dereference the alias for you, and save you
> from having to do two lookups.  However, I haven't been able to get
> OpenLDAP to do this, I've beat my head against it for days and I can't get
> aliases to work.
[...]

What version are you running? 
With OpenLDAP-2.2.x you can create aliases.
I have never tested  aliases in large quantities so I don't know to
what extend a huge number of aliases would increase the system load.

-Dieter

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