Searching with an alias object in the search base?

["[Redhosting] Egbert Groot" <egbert.groot@redhosting.nl>]

Hi,

I'm having a problem with searching with the dn of an alias-object as part
of the search-base. I'm using openldap version 2.2.14 with bdb.
When I try to retrieve an object which has a parent with an alias-object
pointing to it, it seems not to be possible to use the DN of the aliasobject
in the search base.

ie, with the objects below, a search like
ldapsearch -s base -a always -b
"dc=subdomain,dc=domain,dc=tld,ou=domains,ou=systemOverview,<suffix>"
would not return the object "dc=subdomain, dc=domain, dc=tld, ou=domains,
customer=customerid, ou=customers, <suffix>"

The alias itself works fine, the search
ldapsearch -s base -a always -b
"dc=domain,dc=tld,ou=domains,ou=systemOverview,<suffix>"
does return the object "dc=domain, dc=tld, ou=domains, customer=customerid,
ou=customers, <suffix>"

(Note: my current production system uses openldap version 2.0.23 with ldbm,
and it does return both objects)

dn: dc=domain, dc=tld, ou=domains, customer=customerid, ou=customers,
<suffix>
objectClass: dnsDomain
aRecord: 192.168.0.1
[...]

dn: dc=subdomain, dc=domain, dc=tld, ou=domains, customer=customerid,
ou=customers, <suffix>
objectClass: dnsDomain
aRecord: 192.168.0.5.
[...]


dn: dc=domain, dc=tld, ou=domains, ou=systemOverview, <suffix>
objectClass: alias
objectClass: extensibleObject
dc: domain
aliasedObjectName: dc=domain, dc=tld, ou=domains, customer=customerid,
ou=customers, <suffix>


regards,
Egbert Groot.