Re: Search Filter

["Kirk A. Turner-Rustin" <ktrustin@owu.edu>]

On Thu, 3 Mar 2005, Kirk A. Turner-Rustin wrote:

> On Thu, 3 Mar 2005, Gyan Singh Baines wrote:
>
> > When a search filter is specified, such as
> >
> > 1. ldapsearch .... -s base -b "" "objectclass=*"
> >
> > If the Object id for 'objectclass' is 2.5.4.0
> > is the following filter for the ldapsearch valid
> >
> > 2. ldapsearch .... -s base -b "" "2.5.4.0=*"
> >
> > If 2. is valid can you please point me to the relevant
> > RFC.
>
> http://www.rfc-editor.org/rfc/rfc2252.txt

Sorry, the above is wrong. I wasn't thinking.

RFC2251 (sec 4.1.5) says that an attribute description has to be
used in a filter. I assume that means a numericoid won't work.

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