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RE: ldapsearch command help



Sounds all very AD-specific to me.  unless you had some
specific question about ldapsearch(1) works, you likely
should direct your question to a forum about AD.

Kurt

At 06:02 AM 5/6/2005, Talwar, Puneet (NIH/NIAID) wrote:
>Well what I am trying to accomplish here is that we have a one big AD domain
>and below that we have separate child domain for each organization.  So what
>I would like is when I run the ldapsearch command to query a specific child
>domain I am not able to get the result I am looking for.  It queries the
>whole domain which I don't want.  
>
>So I hope you understand what I am talking about.  If you can help me out
>here as what syntax to input to get the result I am looking for.
>
>Thanks,
>
> 
>
>__________________________
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>
>Puneet Talwar
>
>
>-----Original Message-----
>From: Kirk A. Turner-Rustin [mailto:ktrustin@owu.edu] 
>Sent: Thursday, May 05, 2005 3:28 PM
>To: Talwar, Puneet (NIH/NIAID)
>Cc: openldap-software@OpenLDAP.org
>Subject: Re: ldapsearch command help
>
>On Thu, 5 May 2005, Talwar, Puneet (NIH/NIAID) wrote:
>
>>
>> I would like to get some help with ldapsearch command.
>
>Have you read the ldapsearch man page?
>
>>
>> Would need to have admin right if I run the following command?
>>
>>
>>
>> $ldapsearch -s base -h server -b "uid=user,ou=test,dc=example,dc=com"
>> "(objectclass=*)"
>
>I'm not sure what you mean by "admin right" in your question.
>
>Whether the above ldapsearch command returns what you expect depends
>on several factors, most of which have to do with you understanding
>ldapsearch itself and its command line parameters, the configuration
>of the slapd you're trying to query (such as the bind method it
>expects and the access control that you've set up), and the nature of
>the target directory's contents (such as the structure of its DIT).
>
>I recommend that you spend much more time investigating and learning
>about these things, then come back for help if your question is
>still unanswered by what you've read.
>
>-- 
>   Kirk Turner-Rustin       | Programmer/Analyst
>   Ohio Wesleyan University | Libraries and Information Services
>   http://www.owu.edu       | http://lis.owu.edu