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How should alternate attribute name work

To: openldap-general@OpenLDAP.org
Subject: How should alternate attribute name work
From: "James M. Taylor" <jtaylor@austin.apc.slb.com>
Date: Fri, 19 Mar 1999 16:41:46 -0600

Can someone provide a pointer to how the alternate attribute
names are used in OpenLDAP.   By alternate attribute name 
I'm referring to the second name that can be given to attributes
definition in the slapd.at.conf files.  For example:
  attribute       facsimiletelephonenumber        fax     tel

If an entry has a value for "facsimiletelephonenumber" a query
asking to return "fax" gives nothing.  Using "fax" in the
search filter also fails to find the entry.  

This type of use of alternate names works with Netscape's server
so I'm wondering if I'm missing a configuration or whether this
functionality hasn't been implemented.  

Thanks in advance.

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Austin Computing Services            phone:  1 512-331-3146
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