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Re: OpenLDAP with referrals to other directory services

To: "Prakash Velayutham" <Prakash.Velayutham@cchmc.org>
Subject: Re: OpenLDAP with referrals to other directory services
From: "Kurt D. Zeilenga" <Kurt@OpenLDAP.org>
Date: Fri, 12 Jan 2007 19:31:21 -0800
Cc: openldap-software@OpenLDAP.org
In-reply-to: <s5a800ba.097@n6mcgw16.cchmc.org>
References: <s5a800ba.097@n6mcgw16.cchmc.org>

At 06:41 PM 1/12/2007, Prakash Velayutham wrote:
>I think this should be achievable by some combination of referral and
>the OpenLDAP directory design. I just can't seem to get the right idea,
>though. Any suggestions/pointers?

Assuming the client has no mechanism to determine which
server to use, I suggest you configure them authenticate
against the openldap server and configure the openldap
server to chain requests for the context(s) held by the
remote server to the remote servers.

-- Kurt

References:
- OpenLDAP with referrals to other directory services
  - From: "Prakash Velayutham" <Prakash.Velayutham@cchmc.org>

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