HP-UX Directory Server 8.1 deployment guide

The same mechanism can be used to redirect queries to a different server that uses a different
namespace. For example, an employee working in the Italian office of Example Corp. makes a
request to the European directory service for the phone number of an Example Corp. employee
in America. The directory service returns the referral
ldap://europe.example.com:389/ou=US employees,dc=example,dc=com.
Figure 5-8 Redirecting a query to a different server and namespace
Finally, if multiple suffixes are served on the same server, queries can be redirected from one
namespace to another namespace served on the same machine. For example, to redirect all queries
on the local machine for o=example,c=us to dc=example,dc=com, then put the smart referral
ldap:///dc=example, dc=com on the o=example,c=us entry.
Figure 5-9 Redirecting a query from one namespace to another namespace on the same server
NOTE:
The third slash in this LDAP URL indicates that the URL points to the same Directory Server.
Creating a referral from one namespace to another works only for clients whose searches are
based at that distinguished name. Other kinds of operations, such as searches below
ou=people,o=example,c=US, are not performed correctly.
For more information on LDAP URLS and on how to include smart URLs on Directory Server
entries, see the HP-UX Directory Server administrator guide.
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