Re: openldap search filter attribut equal to another

[Howard Chu <hyc@symas.com>]

Peter Gietz wrote:
> Am 05.03.2014 09:52, schrieb Lanfeust troy:
> > hi list,
> >
> > is it possible to write a filter like:
> >
> > (&(objectClass=inetOrgPerson)(mail=cn))
> >
> > to retrieve all entry that attribute mail equal to attribute cn.
> >
> > thanks
> No, RFC 4515 does not define such. On the right side of the operator
> ("filtertype") an attribute value ("assertionvalue") is expected and not
> an attribute type ("attr" which is "attributedescription"). "attr" is
> only is expected on the left side of the operator:
> > simple         = attr filtertype assertionvalue
>
> You will need a little scripting to achieve what you want.

Or propose an extended matching rule, write a spec for it, and get some code 
written to implement it. For this particular use case it probably wouldn't be 
too hard.
> Cheers,
>
> Peter


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