Description of problem: The Fedora Directory Server does not honor alias dereferencing requests Version-Release number of selected component (if applicable): Fedora Directory Server 1.0.1 How reproducible: An ldapsearch using the correct '-a' syntax Steps to Reproduce: # ldapsearch -a always -x -b 'uid=myuser,ou=Accounts,ou=Office,dc=company,dc=com' -s base -h ns-slapd.company.com 'uid=myuser' 'uid' dn: uid=myuser,ou=Accounts,ou=Office,dc=company,dc=com uid: myuser Expected results: # ldapsearch -a always -x -b 'uid=myuser,ou=Accounts,ou=Office,dc=company,dc=com' -s base -h openldap.company.com 'uid=myuser' 'uid' dn: cn=My User,ou=Persons,ou=Office,dc=company,dc=com uid: myuser Additional info: using the openldap ldapsearch or fedora provided ldapsearch from /opt/fedora-ds/shared/bin does not make a difference. The fedora ds server does not honor the -a setting, nor any -a setting (find, search or always) and handles it by the default -never setting.
The same custruct with OpenLDAP slapd server v2.0.27-20 does work ok..
You are correct. Fedora DS does not support aliases. We will investigate adding support for aliases to a future release of Fedora DS.
Upstream ticket: https://fedorahosted.org/389/ticket/152
Closing this bug since we moved to the ticket system: https://fedorahosted.org/389/ticket/152