Returning All Entries; Specifying Search Filters On The Command Line; Searching The Root Dse Entry; Searching The Schema Entry - Netscape DIRECTORY SERVER 6.02 - ADMINISTRATOR Administrator's Manual

Using ldapsearch
• You have configured your directory to support anonymous access for search
and read. You do not have to specify any bind information in order to perform
the search. For more information on anonymous access, see "Defining User
Access - userdn Keyword," on page 208.
• The server is located on hostname
• The server uses port number
to identify the port number on the search request.
• SSL is enabled for the server on port
• The suffix under which all data is stored is

Returning All Entries

Given the previous information, the following call will return all entries in the
directory:
ldapsearch -h mozilla -b "dc=example,dc=com" -s sub "objectclass=*"
"
objectclass=*

Specifying Search Filters on the Command Line

You can specify a search filter directly on the command line. If you do this, be sure
to enclose your filter in quotation marks ("filter"). Also, do not specify the
option. For example:
ldapsearch -h mozilla -b "dc=example,dc=com" "cn=babs jensen"

Searching the Root DSE Entry

The root DSE, is a special entry that contains a list of all the suffixes supported by
the local directory server. You can search this entry by supplying a search base of
"". You must also specify a search scope of
For example:
ldapsearch -h mozilla -b "" -s base "objectclass=*"

Searching the Schema Entry

Directory Server stores all directory server schema in the special
This entry contains information on every object class and attribute defined for your
directory server.
You can examine the contents of this entry as follows:
ldapsearch -h mozilla -b "cn=schema" -s base "objectclass=*"
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. Since this is the default port, you do not have
389
" is a search filter that matches any entry in the directory.
.
mozilla
(the default SSL port number).
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dc=example,dc=com
and a filter of
base
.
-f
.
"objectclass=*"
entry.
cn=schema