Re: searching on a DN

[Alan Sparks <asparks@cpd.harris.com>]

No, you misunderstood my question.  Using the -b option searches a
specific object for the attribute.  What I ask is how to do a subtree
search for one or more matching dn attribute values:

For instance,  the filter:

(|(dn=cn=this one,ou=groups,o=me)(dn=cn=that one,ou=groups,o=me))

in a query such as:
ldapsearch -b 'o=me' -s sub 'filter like above' cn

The point is to find one of several entries by name...
This sort of query doesn't seem to be working for me.  Should it?
-Alan


bernard.gardner@au.uu.net wrote:
> 
> > Is it possible to search the directory for an entry with a
> > specific DN?  For
> > instance, the query:
> >
> > ./ldapsearch '(dn=cn=Intranet Users,ou=Groups,o=Harris/NSS)' cn
> 
> ldapsearch -s base -b "cn=Intranet Users,ou=Groups,o=Harris/NSS" \
>         'objectclass=*' cn
> 
> This specifies a search with the BASE scope, with a base of the DN
> you want, a filter that should match any entry (every entry must
> have an objectclass attribute), returning only the cn attribute.
> 
> Bernard.
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