Re: (ITS#4487) Problem with dereferencing aliases to remote DB with different suffix

[skoulik@gmail.com]

Hello,

I verified on 2.3.21. The issue is not fixed.


On 4/12/06, Quanah Gibson-Mount <quanah@stanford.edu> wrote:
>
>
>
> --On Tuesday, April 11, 2006 9:42 PM +0000 skoulik@gmail.com wrote:
>
> > Full_Name: Sergey Koulik
> > Version: 2.3.20
> > OS: cygwin on winXP
> > URL: ftp://ftp.openldap.org/incoming/
> > Submission from: (NULL) (194.186.114.72)
> >
> >
> > 1) Set up meta backend to use 2 different targets:
> > suffix dc=my-domain,dc=com
> > uri ldap://host1/ou=target1,dc=my-domain,dc=com
> >
> > uri ldap://host2/ou=target2,dc=my-domain,dc=com
> > suffixmassage "ou=target2,dc=my-domain,dc=com"
> "ou=a,dc=foo,dc=bar,dc=com"
> >
> > 2) Under ou=target2,dc=my-domain,dc=com create entry
> > cn=Person1,ou=target2,dc=my-domain,dc=com
> >
> > 3) Under ou=target1,dc=my-domain,dc=com create alias
> > cn=Person1Alias,ou=target1,dc=my-domain,dc=com
> > alisedObjectName = cn=Person1,ou=target2,dc=my-domain,dc=com
> >
> > 4) Try to search/read cn=Person1Alias,ou=target1,dc=my-domain,dc=com
> with
> > aliases dereferencing turned on
> >
> > Expected result: alias entry is transparently dereferenced into
> > cn=Person1,ou=target2,dc=my-domain,dc=com data
> >
> > Actual result: search returns no results
> >
> > PS:
> > Don't hesitate to contact me if you need additional information.
>
> I will note that back-meta underwent a large bit of rewriting between
> 2.3.20 and 2.3.21, so it is possible that the issue you are seeing is
> fixed.
>
> The changelog is at:
>
> <http://www.openldap.org/software/release/changes.html>
>
> --Quanah
>
> --
> Quanah Gibson-Mount
> Principal Software Developer
> ITS/Shared Application Services
> Stanford University
> GnuPG Public Key: http://www.stanford.edu/~quanah/pgp.html
>



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Sincerely,
Sergey Koulik