Subject: Re: LDAP subtree search with zero-length DN for baseObject?

From: "Jim Sermersheim" <[email-masked]>
Date: Fri, 11 Feb 2000 17:23:24 -0700

Yes.

An NDS directory always has a naming context rooted at the root of the tree. Any NDS server either holds this root NC or it has a superior reference.

If the server holds the root NC, it will begin the search at the root, returning referrals as needed.

If the server does not hold the root NC, it will return a referral.

(this is a better and more accurate description of what NDS does than what I said earlier)

Jim

>>> "RL 'Bob' Morgan" <[email-masked]> 2/10/00 4:33:11 PM >>>

On Thu, 10 Feb 2000, Jim Sermersheim wrote:

> Our server follows the "search all the naming contexts you have
> locally" model which I think is reasonable.

So, in the terms Mark and Kurt use, a Novell directory always acts like a
top-level or global-root server?

 - RL "Bob"