Re: using query filter with dynlist attributes

[Pierangelo Masarati <ando@sys-net.it>]

Rahul Amaram wrote:
> Hi,
> I would like to know if it is possible to use the dynamic attributes 
> (obtained by dynlist overlay), in a ldapsearch query filter. I have 
> tried using it but it does not seem to be working.

Perhaps this is not explicit in the slapo-dynlist(5) man page, but the 
man page clearly describes the process of dynamic attribute listing, 
which consists in expanding URL data while __returning__ the results of 
the search, so the URL data does not participate to candidate selection, 
and thus if they appear in the filter they do not cause the selection of 
the dynamic entry that would return them.

> Is there any fix for 
> this

It's not broken, it works as intended, so I wouldn't call what you ask 
for a "fix".  It could be a new feature.  No, there isn't anything like 
that in software provided by OpenLDAP, AFAIK.

> or is there any other overlay which will allow me to perform an 
> operation similar to sql join across different DN?

Not in software provided by OpenLDAP, AFAIK.

p.


Ing. Pierangelo Masarati
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