Alias

Alias support provides a means for a TDBM, LDBM, or CDBM directory entry to point to another entry in the same directory. An alias entry can also be used to create a convenient public name for an entry or subtree, hiding the more complex actual name of the entry or subtree.

Alias support involves:

Creating an alias entry which points to another entry
Dereferencing during search: when a distinguished name contains an alias, the alias is replaced by the value it points to and search continues using the new distinguished name.

For example, you can create an alias entry to provide a simple name for the z/OS® LDAP department:

"ou=LDAPZOS,o=IBM"

The alias entry points to the actual z/OS LDAP department:

"ou=DEPTC8NG,ou=Poughkeepsie,o=IBM_US,o=IBM"

This provides easier access to the entries of the z/OS LDAP developers, using public names such as:

"cn=kmorg,ou=LDAPZOS,o=IBM"

This name is dereferenced during search to:

"cn=kmorg,ou=DeptC8NG,ou=Poughkeepsie,o=IBM_US,o=IBM

and the information for that entry is returned.