Hi Craig, > Am I correct to assume that ldapsearch can use meta characters like > question mark. No, you can only use "*" for substring searches. See RFC2254. -- Norbert Klasen DFN Directory Services tel: +49 7071 29 70335 ZDV, Universität Tübingen fax: +49 7071 29 5912 Wächterstr. 76, 72074 Tübingen http://www.directory.dfn.de Germany norbert.klasen@zdv.uni-tuebingen.de