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-l Specifies the maximum number of seconds to wait for a search request to
complete. Regardless of the value specified here, ldapsearch will never wait
longer than is allowed by the server's nsslapd-timelimit attribute. For
example, -l 300. The default value for the nsslapd-timelimit attribute is
3,600 seconds. See "nsslapd-timelimit (Time Limit)," on page 70 for more
information.
-p Specifies the TCP port number that the Directory Server uses. For example,
-p 1049. The default is 389. If -Z is used, the default is 636.
-s Specifies the scope of the search. The scope can be one of the following:
base—Search only the entry specified in the -b option or defined by the
LDAP_BASEDN environment variable.
one—Search only the immediate children of the entry specified in the -b
option. Only the children are searched; the actual entry specified in the -b
option is not searched.
sub—Search the entry specified in the -b option and all of its descendants.
That is, perform a subtree search starting at the point identified in the -b
option. This is the default.
-w Specifies the password associated with the distinguished name that is
specified in the -D option. If you do not specify this option, anonymous access
is used. For example, -w diner892.
-x Specifies that the search results are sorted on the server rather than on the
client. This is useful if you want to sort according to a matching rule, as with
an international search. In general, it is faster to sort on the server rather than
on the client.
-z Specifies the maximum number of entries to return in response to a search
request. For example, -z 1000. Normally, regardless of the value specified
here, ldapsearch never returns more entries than the number allowed by the
server's nsslapd-sizelimit attribute. However, you can override this
limitation by binding as the root DN when using this command-line
argument. This is because, when you bind as the root DN, this option defaults
to zero (0). The default value for the nsslapd-sizelimit attribute is 2,000
entries. See "nsslapd-sizelimit (Size Limit)," on page 69 for more information.
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