Re: SearchResultReferences

[Howard Chu <hyc@symas.com>]

Geiman Gilbert-GGEIMAN1 wrote:
> Does OpenLDAP support SearchResultReferences? 

Yes. (Of course!)

> If so, then say a search
> results in a reference (not a referral) to one or more additional URLs,
> with no objects being found in the initial search.  Will the
> SearchResultDone associated with the initial search have a resultCode of
> "noSuchObject"?

No. Read the LDAP RFC  http://www.ietf.org/rfc/rfc4511.txt section 
4.5.3. The only time a search will return noSuchObject is if the base of 
the search was not found.
>   (I assume the same answer would then also apply to any
> subsequent searches initiated as a result of a reference if no matches
> were found in those searches but they in turn resulted in additional
> references.... True?)
>   

Why assume anything, when the specs are so readily available?
> ---------------------------------------------------------
> Gil Geiman
> CND Softswitch Systems Engineering
> Motorola, Inc.
> ggeiman1@motorola.com
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