RE: search not commutative on |

[Darren Gamble <darren.gamble@sjrb.ca>]

Good day,

> why can't i switch search items in a filter with an or function
> e.g.
> ldapsearch   -v
> '(&(|(gidNumber=15000)(gidNumber=15500))(uid=kdeblonde))'
> ldap_init( <default>, 0 )
> filter pattern: (&(|(gidNumber=15000)(gidNumber=15500))(uid=kdeblonde))
> returning: ALL
> filter is: ((&(|(gidNumber=15000)(gidNumber=15500))(uid=kdeblonde)))
> uid=kdeblonde,ou=dekempen,ou=people,dc=bla,dc=bla
> objectClass=top
> objectClass=person
> objectClass=organizationalPerson
> objectClass=inetOrgPerson
> objectClass=posixAccount
> objectClass=inetLocalMailRecipient
> objectClass=shadowAccount
> objectClass=sambaAccount
> sn=Koen Deblonde
> uidNumber=15501
> gidNumber=15500
> objectClass=top
> ...
> 1 match



> 
> but
> ldapsearch   -v
> '(&(|(gidNumber=15500)(gidNumber=15000))(uid=kdeblonde))'
> ldap_init( <default>, 0 )
> filter pattern: (&(|(gidNumber=15500)(gidNumber=15000))(uid=kdeblonde))
> returning: ALL
> filter is: ((&(|(gidNumber=15500)(gidNumber=15000))(uid=kdeblonde)))
> 0 matches

>From your output, the gidNumber was the only thing that matched in the first
record.  None of your filter terms in the second search match.  I don't see
a "uid=kdeblonde" anywhere in your first record.

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Darren Gamble
Planner, Regional Services
Shaw Cablesystems GP
630 - 3rd Avenue SW
Calgary, Alberta, Canada
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