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Example: Searching Aliases

This example uses the same DIT as Example: Aliases in Democorp.

The base object of a search request is the following alias entry: ou=Building, ou=Projects, o=Democorp. This is an alias that points to ou=Construction, ou=Projects, o=Democorp.

If you choose to dereference aliases while navigating, the searchs run from ou=Construction, ou=Projects, o=Democorp.

However, you can tell the search request to not dereference aliases while navigating. If you do this, the search runs from the alias entry, ou=Building, ou=Projects, o=Democorp.