Re: Get attribute value from another entry

[Jon Roberts <jon@mentata.com>]

Lise Didillon wrote:
> as "ou" is an attribute of inetOrgPerson object you can define it in 
> your user entry, but it only give you the name of the office and so you 
> have to make a search on "ou=officeName,dc=ex... " to retrieve values of 
> the attributes telephoneNumber etc in the "ou=officeName,dc=ex... entry".

You /can/ search for the ou by name, but the fastest way to do such a 
lookup in LDAP is through a dn (1.3.6.1.4.1.1466.115.121.1.12) syntax 
attribute, like seealso, manager, or secretary. You can also add your 
own dn attribute with a custom schema. Regardless, you won't be able to 
get both the person and their phone number in a single ldap call with 
this design. That doesn't make it a bad idea; I'd probably do it that 
way too because I hate managing redundant data. I automate some of these 
sorts of lookups in my own web gateway.

Jon Roberts
www.mentata.com