Re: ldapsearch using dn= as the filter returns no results.

[Pierangelo Masarati <ando@sys-net.it>]

Eclipse WebMaster (Denis Roy) wrote:

> > "dn=<something>" is not a valid filter because "dn" is not an attribute
> > name.  If you already know the DN to search for, then what you need 
> is a
> > "read", i.e. a search with base=the DN and scope="base".  But this
> > question is off-topic here.
>
> That makes sense, and solves my problem, thanks.
>
> I apologize if I was off-topic, but I believed I was on-topic by 
> reading the description from OpenLDAP's page:

By "off topic" I mean it has nothing to do with use of OpenLDAP 
software; in fact, you were experiencing the same problem by using the 
perl client library, as far as I remember, and I'm confident you'd 
experience the same with any ldap client.  In any case, I'm glad you 
solved your problem :)

p.


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