Re: successful searches not returning results?

[Oliver Egginger <Oliver.Egginger@dvz.fh-giessen.de>]

Can you see the attribute if you select the entry by 
an other attribut ?
"uncgemail" for example.

Message from 27 June 2001 12:15:
> > At 02:12 PM 6/26/2001, W. L. Estes wrote:
> > >Hi,
> > >
> > >I am using openldap-2.0.11 and I have some data in the ldap tree which
> > >I would like to search. This data has several attributes, one of which
> > >I use in the dn.  I can search all the attributes except the one that
> > >I am using in the dn. If I perform any search on that attribute with
> > >ldapsearch(1), a "successful" search is returned but no results come
> > > back.
> >
> > Likely the filter you provided successfully doesn't actually
> > match any entry.
> >
> > Note that if the value is present only in the DN
> > (which OpenLDAP allows), then the filter won't match.
>
> I have the following entry in an ldbm:
>
> dn: uncgfullname="Aaroe,Christian D. (Mr.)", dc=michael, dc=uncg, dc=edu
> objectclass: uncgemp
> uncgfullname: Aaroe,Christian D. (Mr.)
> uncgdep: Building & Trades
> uncgoffice: Sink Building
> uncgpermanentaddress: 312 Jackson Street Greensboro NC 27403
> uncgofficephone: (336) 334-3365
> uncgpermanentphone: (336) 272-3101
> uncgemail: AAROE@UNCG.EDU
>
> I perform the following search:
>
> wlestes 2-8 ~ $ ldapsearch '(uncgfullname=*a*)'
>
> And get the following answer:
>
> version: 2
>
> #
> # filter: (uncgfullname=*a*)
> # requesting: ALL
> #
>
> # search result
> search: 2
> result: 0 Success
>
> # numResponses: 1
>
> What's going on?
>
> Thanks,
>
> --Will

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