Re: Can DN be used as search key in ldapsearch?
Gordon Good (ggood@netscape.com)
Wed, 03 Jul 1996 09:59:52 -0700
Alex Hwang wrote:
>
> If there are sources that can answer questions like this, please let me
> know so I do not waste the bandwidth
>
> I can't get ldapsearch to work on the dn. For example,
>
> ldapsearch 'dn=(cn=Joe, o=XYZ, c=US)' or even
> ldapsearch 'dn=*'
>
> Is dn a hidden atribute? Is the syntax incorrect? Or the database was not
> set up properly? Or one just does not do things like this?
You need to do a base search for the object you want, e.g.
ldapsearch -b "cn=Joe, o=XYZ, c=US" -s base "objectclass=*"
or, if you want to get all objects, modulo any server-enforced time or size limits:
ldapsearch -b "o=XYZ, c=US" "objectclass=*"
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Gordon Good (opinions expressed here are mine,
Netscape Communications Corp. not necessarily my employer's)
Mountain View, CA