Re: alias crossing database

[Dieter Kluenter <dieter@dkluenter.de>]

DEVRIENDT ERIK <erik.devriendt@siemens.com> writes:

> I didn't put a referral in the alias.
> In database 1 (suffix ou=thisbase,dc=example,dc=com)
> I have an entry:
>
> dn: cn=aliasentry,ou=here,ou=thisbase,dc=example,dc=com
> objectClass: alias
> objectClass: extensibleObject
> cn: aliasentry
> aliasedObjectName: cn=target,ou=there,ou=otherbase,dc=example,dc=com
>
> Database 2 has suffix ou=otherbase,dc=example,dc=com
>
> This alias does not work, althoug the target object exists.

Because it is part of another database. Database 1 has neither
superior nor subordinate knowledge of Database 2, and vice versa, thus
you have to define an aliased referral, in order to promote this
knowledge. 

-Dieter

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