Referrals

The native APIs developed for the LDAP Adapter query the results of a search based on specified criteria. The search results may consist of a number of referrals.

A referral is an entity that is used to redirect a client’s request to another server. A referral contains the names and locations of other objects. For example, an LDAP server sends a referral to the client to indicate that the information that the client has requested can be found at another location (or locations), possibly at another server or several servers.

The referral contains the URL of the LDAP server that holds the actual entry. The LDAP URL contains the server’s host/port and an object’s DN.