Re: Unable to login applications using LDAP alias

[Howard Chu <hyc@symas.com>]

Geo P.C. wrote:
> We have several applications and we are able to integrate LDAP
> successfully.
>
>
> In application we have given base dn asou=People,dc=geo,dc=com and the
userdn:uid=geo_pc,ou=People,dc=geo,dc=com can able to login to the application
successfully.
> Now we created an alias as follows: >
>
> dn: uid=geo_pc,ou=Applications,ou=Groups,dc=geo,dc=com
> aliasedobjectname: uid=geo_pc,ou=People,dc=geo,dc=com
> objectclass: alias
> objectclass: extensibleObject
> objectclass: top
> uid: geo_pc
>
> Now in application we have given base dn
asou=Applications,ou=Groups,dc=geo,dc=com but with this
userou=Applications,ou=Groups,dc=geo,dc=com we are unable to login to the
application.

Correct. Aliases are only processed in search operations. What you're trying 
to do will not work.
> Please let us know is there any additional configuration we need to done. Can anyone please help us on it.
>
>
> Thanks
> Geo


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