Re: Finding Objects

[Gerrit Thomson <334647@swin.edu.au>]

Darren Ward wrote:

> Hi All,
>
> Another silly question.....
>
> How would we list all objects that are members of a certain Object
> Class?
>
> Let's say we have a custom object class called 'aaaPerson' but it has
> only three allowed attributes and no required ones.
>
> It is however a subclass of 'inetOrgPerson' which has requirements for
> 'cn' etc...
>
> My question, if cn=Jim Bob is a member of object class aaaPerson but has
> none of the optional attributes in his object, can we find him as a
> member of 'aaaPerson'?
>
> Sorry if this is a silly question, but sometimes it's the only way to
> learn (and stop hassling all of you!)
>
> Darren

Hi Daren,
      the objectclass of an object i defined by values of the abjectclass
attribute. so to determine if an object uses or can usea attributes of a
particular objectlcass then you can search for the objectclass value in the
objectclass attribute .
ie.
ldapsearch -h localhost -b basedn objectclass=specialobject

will provide all objects that are "specialobject" objects.
Cheers,
   Gerrit.