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Re: Help with a referral



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> Referrals don't work like that.  Read RFC4511: the <attrs> field is not
> mentioned.  It mentions, indeed, the <filter> field, but OpenLDAP does not
> handle this.  The behavior you possibly expect is not strictly specified,
> AFAIK.
>
> I think you have a couple of options:
>
> 1) use ACLs to hide that entry to some specific clients
>
> 2) use a dummy proxy instead of a referral; the dummy proxy could massage
> the request/response DNs, and the original server could use ACLs to hide
> that entry from the results returned to the proxy.
>

I tought OpenLDAP could support that kind of referrals. Now I think
the best option is the best for my scenario.

Thanks a lot

> p.
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