Re: short filter search

[Jon Roberts <jon@jonanddeb.net>]

Howard Chu wrote:
> > Jon Roberts wrote:
> > > As I recall, OpenLDAP is configured by default to limit search 
> > > filters to at least 3 significant characters. 
> You might want to have a look at this ITS
> http://www.openldap.org/its/index.cgi/Contrib?id=2661
>
> A version of this feature is now in OpenLDAP 2.3.
>
> Also
> http://www.openldap.org/its/index.cgi/Software%20Enhancements?id=2588
> Filtering now works better for filters using longer subinitial and 
> subfinal filter strings as well.
>
> The slapd.conf(5) manpage in OpenLDAP 2.3 has of course been updated to 
> describe the new substring index configuration options.

Outstanding. Thanks Howard and Gertjan.

Jon Roberts
www.mentata.com