RE: ldapsearch return strings

[Gary Williams <Gary.Williams@sas.com>]

Yes, it's possible to make it do that.  You
have the source code.  Make it do whatever you
need.  If you're asking if there's a configuration
option; no, there's not.

Gary Williams

> -----Original Message-----
> From: Martin Hofbauer [mailto:mh@bacher.at]
> Sent: Wednesday, May 09, 2001 7:02 AM
> To: openldap-software@OpenLDAP.org
> Subject: Re: ldapsearch return strings
> 
> 
> I will send this question now the 3rd time:
> 
> Is nobody out there, who can comment on this ?
> 
> ===============
> 
> I have done a migration  from a Sun Directory Server 1.0 to 
> Openldap 2.0.7
> 
> At that environment there are a lot of applications accessing 
> this instance.
> 
> OpenLDAP 2.0.7 has one behavior that is differant to Sun Dir. 
> Server, which
> gives a lot of troubles:
> ( The Netscape Dir. Server 4.x behaves like the Sun Dir. !!!)
> 
> Examples:
> 
> 
> OpenLDAP:
> 
> 
> ldapsearch  ... uid=* cn
> 
> dn: cn=...
> cn: Surname Givenname
> ...
> ...
> 
> 
> ldapsearch  ... uid=* commonname	( as an alias to "cn" )
> 
> dn: cn=...
> cn: Surname Givenname
> ...
> ...
> 
> 
> the Sun- and Netscape Dir. give following results:
> 
> 
> 
> 
> ldapsearch  ... uid=* cn
> 
> dn: cn=...
> cn: Surname Givenname
> ...
> ...
> 
> 
> ldapsearch  ... uid=* commonname        ( as an alias to "cn" )
> 
> dn: cn=...
> commonname: Surname Givenname
> ^^^^^^^^^^
> ...
> ...
> 
> 
> 
> As you see at the end, both, the Sun- and the Netscape Dir. Server
> returns the same attribute name as the attribute name in the
> filter  not matter wether it is an alias attribiute or not.
> 
> Question:
> 
> Is it possible to change the behavior to that of the Sun- or 
> Netscpe Dir. ?
> 
> BTW:
> 
> "cn" is an indexed attribute ( "index cn eq,sub ")
> 
> 
> Thanks for any help !
> 
> 
> 
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