[Fedora-directory-users] Proposed new features for 1.3

[Roberto Polli]

On lunedì 04 maggio 2009 18:01:18 Rich Megginson wrote:
> >>> * search in subtrees of view: when I create a view (eg. a view of
> >>> domains) I can't search in its subentries (eg. in ou=people, dc=domain)
> >
> > base tree:
> > dc=example.com, o=example ltd, dc=top
> > dc=example.net, o=example ltd, dc=top
> > dc=company.com, o=company ltd, dc=top
> >
> > using views I can create a tree of all domains, no matter which
> > organization: ou=domainView, dc=top
> > nsViewFilter: (dc=*)
> >
> > so under ou=domainView I got all domains
> > dc=example.com,ou=domainView
> > dc=company.com,ou=domainView
> > ...
> >
> > imagine I'd like to search a user under domain example.com
> > dn: uid=jondoe,dc=example.com,o=example ltd,dc=top
> >
> > I could search straight in
> > dc=example.com,ou=domainView,dc=top
> >
> > or pick directly
> > uid=jondoe,dc=example.com,ou=domainView,dc=top
> >
> > but it's not possible.
imho the behavior I suggest is more intuitive, as you can find in the view non 
only the given entries but their subtrees - and that's usually what software 
expects from an entry. In that way I have no different behavior between the 
original entry and the view one.

>
> It's not possible to do a search like
> ldapsearch -s sub -b "dc=top" "(uid=jondoe)"
> ?
yes, but does a smaller basedn slower the search in case of thousands of 
entries?

there's one more case where that behavior can be useful:
in the above example, if  I got 
 o=example ltd 
is a dblink to server1
and 
  o=company ltd 
is a dblink on server2

searching on dc=top would result in a search on two servers, while 
searching in the right tree will search only on the "right" one - except for a 
fast search for domain - and in mail environment we always know the domain.

Hope it helps+Peace,
R.



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