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Problems understanding referrals
I hope someone can help to push me in the right direction with setting up
two OpenLDAP servers and dedicating each to a particular sub-branch of an
information tree. I have a schema configured to store "People" and
"Workstations" information, and I can store a couple sample objects/records
in each branch on a single server. The basic tree looks like
SINGLE SERVER
top
|
|
o=mrk
/ \
/ \
ou=People ou=Workstations
and I want to split the work to two servers so that the actual data looks
like...
SERVER A SERVER B
top top
| |
| |
o=mrk o=mrk
/ \
/ \
ou=People ou=Workstations
but I want an individual to be able to make an ldapsearch on either server
and have the response look like the original single-server solution.
I've tried setting the "referral" parameter in /etc/openldap/slapd.conf to
point to the other server. I've also tried adding referral nodes on each
server.
My biggest problem is that I don't know which client/search tools actually
know how to follow referrals and if it's a big deal to get this sort of
transparent referral to work. I've tried using both the ldapsearch command
line program and Netscape's built-in ldap URL feature, but I don't know if
they are even following appropriate referrals or if the referrals are
configured properly or not. (In other words, I don't understand the results
enough to formulate a diagnostic strategy.)
On some of my permutations, I've gotten the message "Partial results and
referral received" from ldapsearch, and I don't know if it's an error or
not. What I want is to be able to say:
ldapsearch -h "server_b" -b "o=mrk" "cn=somebody,ou=People"
or similarly, browse the URL with Netscape
ldap://server_b/cn=somebody,ou=People,o=mrk
and get the same (successfull) results that I get if I set the query against
server_a (where the data are stored) instead.
Can anyone enlighten me?
Much appreciated...
Murray Todd Williams