I've skimmed through the source for ldap v3.3, and it appears that the
slapd server simply checks if one of its backends includes the requested
DN, otherwise returns a referral message to the client. But, a
command-line query from the ldapsearch tool *does* chase referrals.
That logic appears to be part of the client ldap library, not integrated
into the slapd server. Is this correct?
So, the $100 dollar question, how difficult would it be to develop a
variation on the slapd server that included to logic to automatically
chase referrals? Would it be a fairly straight forward matter of
calling and linking in the existing code (maybe the ldap_search()
function?) used in the ldapsearch command? Better yet, has anyone done
this already?
Thanx for any and all input!
Dave Carlson
dcarlson@ontogenics.com
Boulder, Colorado