[Fedora-directory-users] Questions regarding the Alias Attribute for OU's and ldapsearch

[Richard Megginson]

Anderson, Cary wrote:
> I am trying to get a handle on using the alias attribute for OU's to set
> up something like this:
>
>   ou=posixacct, ou=account, dc=calpers, dc=ca, dc=gov
> And have the following ou be an alias to the one I have above
>   ou=people, dc=calpers, dc=ca, dc=gov
>
> I thought that if I included ou=posixacct, ou=account, dc=calpers,
> dc=ca, dc=gov in the alias attribute of the ou=people this would be
> correct.
>
> However I don't seem to be able to find any users when I do an
> ldapsearch of the ou people.  Am I not setting up my ldapsearch
> correctly? ldapsearch -x "(&(ou=people)(uid=*))"
>
> I actually think I may not be using the correct syntax for ldapsearch
> because a search using ldapsearch -x "(&(ou=posixacct)(uid=*)" also does
> not return any of my uid's, the most basic ldapsearch does work,
> ldapsearch -x uid=*, but that is searching the entire tree...
>
> I could use some assistance in if I setup the alias correctly and what
> may be wrong with how I am using ldapsearch.
>   
Fedora DS does not support LDAP aliases.  You might want to investigate 
using Virtual Views or smart referrals instead.
> Thanks
>
>
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