LDAP:searchReferralUsage

Specifies the LDAP search referral option.

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For help in understanding the attribute definition template, see Reading NDS Attribute Type Definitions.

An LDAP Group object can be configured to handle referrals in the following ways:

  • Always traverse the NDS tree (default option). This causes the request to use the referrals to search out information on other NDS servers.

  • Always refer. This causes the request to return referrals and allows the caller to determine whether or not to traverse the NDS tree for the information.

  • Refer if possible. This allows referrals to NDS 8 servers to be returned. This option is used in trees which contain a mix of NDS 8 and previous versions of NDS. Previous versions of the LDAP server do not register in the referral list, and therefore cannot be returned.