Mixing Alias and posixAccount object class

["CheeYang Chau" <cychau@gmail.com>]

Hi,

I have a person object with the following entry in LDIF:

dn: uid=ccy,ou=person,dc=estream,dc=com,dc=my
objectClass: inetOrgPerson
objectClass: organizationalPerson
objectClass: person
objectClass: top
cn: ccy
sn: ccy
uid: ccy

I then create another posix object for the above person using alias:

dn: uid=ccy,ou=posix,dc=estream,dc=com,dc=my
objectClass: alias
objectClass: extensibleObject
objectClass: posixAccount
objectClass: top
aliasedObjectName: uid=ccy,ou=person,dc=estream,dc=com,dc=my
cn: ccy
gidNumber: 500
homeDirectory: /home/ccy
uid: ccy
uidNumber: 500

I have another ou then use alias to refer to the posixAccount:

dn: uid=ccy,ou=deer,dc=estream,dc=com,dc=my
objectClass: alias
objectClass: extensibleObject
objectClass: top
aliasedObjectName: uid=ccy,ou=posix,dc=estream,dc=com,dc=my
uid: ccy


But when I search the entry, I get nothing for the posixAccount:

ldapsearch -a always -x -b "ou=deer,dc=estream,dc=com,dc=my" objectClass=posixAccount

I expect the alias dereference will return correct result for me.  It seems like the alias object class cannot mix with other object class in OpenLDAP.

If I mix all the object classes into one object, the ldapsearch will success:

dn: uid=ccy,ou=test,dc=estream,dc=com,dc=my
objectClass: inetOrgPerson
objectClass: organizationalPerson
objectClass: person
objectClass: posixAccount
objectClass: top
...

The reason I refactor to that details is I wish to create more than one posixAccount for same person in different server.  Please advice on how to achieve that or if it is not encourage to construct the DIT in such manner.

Thank you very much

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Best regards,
Chau Chee Yang

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