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Re: Searching on "ou"

To: openldap-software@OpenLDAP.org
Subject: Re: Searching on "ou"
From: Dieter Kluenter <dieter@dkluenter.de>
Date: Fri, 13 Feb 2004 08:57:11 +0100
In-reply-to: <p05210605bc5201d2d4d3@[192.168.0.3]> (Stephen C. Jensen's message of "Thu, 12 Feb 2004 20:28:43 -0800")
References: <p05210605bc5201d2d4d3@[192.168.0.3]>
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"Stephen C. Jensen" <Steve.Jensen@nasa.gov> writes:

> Greetings...
>
> I have written a program which searches our LDAP database for name and
> address info. I am in one division of a large company. Originally, I
> set the program with a baseDN of:
>
> o=BigCompanyName,ou=DivisionName,c=US
>
> Then, I got the idea of doing company-wide searches by just deleting
> the "ou" term out of the base. So far so good. Then... I got the idea
> of letting the user search for someone at a specific division. Since
> the division name does not appear to be in any of the other database
> fields, I added a search term for "ou=DivisionName"... doesn't work. I
> know I am missing something simple... can anyone help?

You are just describing client configuration, but is your
configuration in compliance with the naming context of your directory?

-Dieter

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References:
- Searching on "ou"
  - From: "Stephen C. Jensen" <Steve.Jensen@nasa.gov>

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