Re: access control and Search

[bert hubert <ahu@casema.net>]

On Tue, Dec 07, 1999 at 06:01:03PM +0800, Benjamin de los Angeles Jr . wrote:

> My questions are:
> 
> 1. Why is it that I'm not granted access even though the access 
>    for * is "search"?  What are the limitations of "search" access?
> 2. Why is it the return code is 0?  Why not 50 (0x32)?  which tells
>    that my access right is insufficient. 
> 3. Is there something wrong with my search query?

AFAIK, 'search' means that you can *find* a record, so that you can bind to
it. This means that the object should have a userPassword attribute, which
supplies the (crypted) password needed to read that object.

You should really read the thoroughly outdated Slapd & Slurpd Administrators
Guide.

Kind regards,

bert hubert.

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