Alias support in directory server 5

Question

Hi,
Is alias dereferencing supported in Directory Server 5? (It is
mentioned in this article that 4.1 did not support it:
http://java.sun.com/products/jndi/tutorial/ldap/misc/aliases.html).
I am trying to do a search using an alias and it does not seem to be
working. I keep getting the alias entry rather than the referred
entry. I tried setting the DEREF option to DEREF_ALWAYS but this does
not seem to help (code fragment below). Do I need to do something to
enable alias dereferencing on the server? Could it be the version of
LDAP SDK for Java that I am using?
LDAPConnection conn = new LDAPConnection();
conn.connect( "XX.XX.XX.XX", 389 );
conn.setOption( LDAPv2.DEREF, new Integer( LDAPv2.DEREF_ALWAYS )
LDAPSearchResults results;
String filter = "(cn=adminalias)";
try {
results = conn.search( "o=aliases,c=com",
LDAPConnection.SCOPE_ONE, filter, null, false );
while( results.hasMoreElements() )
System.out.println( results.next() );
Thanks,
Len Takeuchi
SalesCentrix.com

Answer 1

Len Takeuchi wrote:
Hi,
Is alias dereferencing supported in Directory Server 5?No.
(It is
mentioned in this article that 4.1 did not support it:
http://java.sun.com/products/jndi/tutorial/ldap/misc/aliases.html).
I am trying to do a search using an alias and it does not seem to be
working. I keep getting the alias entry rather than the referred
entry. I tried setting the DEREF option to DEREF_ALWAYS but this does
not seem to help (code fragment below). Do I need to do something to
enable alias dereferencing on the server? Could it be the version of
LDAP SDK for Java that I am using?
LDAPConnection conn = new LDAPConnection();
conn.connect( "XX.XX.XX.XX", 389 );
conn.setOption( LDAPv2.DEREF, new Integer( LDAPv2.DEREF_ALWAYS )
LDAPSearchResults results;
String filter = "(cn=adminalias)";
try {
results = conn.search( "o=aliases,c=com",
LDAPConnection.SCOPE_ONE, filter, null, false );
while( results.hasMoreElements() )
System.out.println( results.next() );
Thanks,
Len Takeuchi
SalesCentrix.com