[Fedora-directory-users] Fedora-DS alias dereference problem.

[Rich Megginson]

Sergey Kamshilin wrote:
> Hi all,
>
> I'd like to report it as a bug because I could not find any help on
> forums neither in other sources...
>
> It appears that Fedora-DS 1.1.0-3 does not dereference aliases even if
> it asked for. So I have a simple example:
>
> ============
> # ldapsearch -x -LLL -b "ou=Special Users,dc=lab,dc=convedia,dc=com" -a
> always
>
> dn: ou=Special Users,dc=lab, dc=convedia, dc=com
> objectClass: top
> objectClass: organizationalUnit
> ou: Special Users
> description: Special Administrative Accounts
>
> dn: aliasedobjectname=ou\=DNS\,dc\=lab\,dc\=convedia\,dc\=com,ou=Special
> Users  ,dc=lab,dc=convedia,dc=com
> aliasedObjectName: ou=DNS,dc=lab,dc=convedia,dc=com
> objectClass: alias
> objectClass: top
> ===============
>
> Instead of "dn: aliasedobjectname=..." I would expect to see a DNS
> subtree (DNS object).
> Couple lines may be wrapped but the idea is that parameter "-a always"
> is ignored. Is it a known issue?
Yes, Fedora DS does not support aliases.
> Is there any workarounds? 
>   
You could use a smart referral if the client could resolve this.
> I have installed:
> fedora-ds-1.1.0-3.fc6
> fedora-ds-admin-1.1.2-2.fc6
> fedora-ds-console-1.1.1-2.fc6
> fedora-idm-console-1.1.1-1.fc6
> fedora-admin-console-1.1.0-4.fc6
> fedora-ds-base-1.1.0-3.fc6
>
> Thank you in advance,
> SergeyK
>
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