Re: why doesn't this filter work

[Ian Macdonald <ian@google.com>]

On Mon 19 Aug 2002 at 17:29:46 -0400, you wrote:

> Previously, Ian Macdonald wrote:
> > 
> > I used the following to try to obtain a listing of all users whose
> > home directory ends in a trailing slash:
> > 
> > $ ldapsearch -LLLxh foo -b ou=people,dc=google,dc=com \
> >   '(homedirectory=*/)' 'homedirectory'
> 
> homeDirectory doesn't have a SUBSTR rule, so you can't use a substring
> search on it (only equality or presence filters).

So why do substring searches work when the filter does not contain a
slash?

Ian
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