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Why does slapd need a searchbase?

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Subject: Why does slapd need a searchbase?
From: "Jim Hud" <jdhz@btinternet.com>
Date: Sat, 7 Oct 2000 23:37:21 -0000

Some LDAP servers seem not to require a searchbase and will return a mixed
list of entries spanning a number of domains.

Why does OpenLdap need a searchbase, could it not "simply" scan all the
configured databases?

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  - From: "Kurt D. Zeilenga" <Kurt@OpenLDAP.org>

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