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Re: aliases

> At 11:18 AM 12/11/99 -0800, Brett G. Lemoine wrote:
> >Can someone point me to some documentation on ldap aliasing?  Both
> >for individual entries as well as for entire ranges if possible.
> 
> I don't believe any documentation exists.   You create
> an alias, add an entry of the form:
> 
> dn: cn=alias, dc=boolean, dc=net
> objectclass: alias
> aliasedobjectname: cn=target, dc=boolean, dc=net
> 
> Then "cn=alias, dc=boolean, dc=net" will be an alias for
> "cn=target, dc=boolean, dc=net".

cool, thanks.  What about for an entire 'domain'.. e.g.
if I wanted to have an alias:

dn: o=Big Co, c=US
objectclass: alias
aliasedobjectname: dc=big, dc=com

Where all real entries were actually undef 'dc=big, dc=com'.

This doesn't seem to do the 'right' thing when I search for something
under the base 'o=Big Co, c=US', where 'right' would be to follow the
alias and return the appropriate entries under the 'dc=big,dc=com'
tree.

Is this something that's impossible, or am I just doing it wrong?

thanks,
bl
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