Re: Symlinks in OpenLDAP

[Dave Smith <DavidSmith@byu.net>]

This seems to have worked pretty well. However, how do I delete an alias 
once created?

When I issue an LDAP delete with the DN of the alias, I am referred to 
the destination of the alias and neither it nor its alias is deleted.

Thanks.

--Dave

Norbert Klasen wrote:
> --On Donnerstag, 5. Dezember 2002 11:54 -0700 David Smith 
> <DavidSmith@byu.net> wrote:
>
> > Is it possible to create a symlink in OpenLDAP. I would like to create a
> > container of objects that are just symlinks to other objects.
>
>
> A "symlink" in LDAP is an "alias". Create an entry with "alias" as 
> structural object class and put the DN of the "real" entry into the 
> "aliasedObjectName" attribute.
> Note that alias handling is not fully implementd in all parts of 
> OpenLDAP (e.g. bdb).
>
> Norbert