Re: ldapsearch: Search for Operational Attributes using wildcards

[Uncle Hildegard <openldap@j-bc.de>]

Hi Philip + Michael,

> Try out the filter (ou:dn:=sales)

ok, that works, many thanks for your advice.


> entryDN is of LDAP syntax Distinguished Name
> (1.3.6.1.4.1.1466.115.121.1.12) for which substring matching does
> not work just like for Directory String. Look into the server's
> subschema subentry to find the applicable matching rules.

Ok, in "newbie-speak" ;-) that means that there are certain objects in
the DIT that don't accept wildcards in filters, right?
I must admit that I haven't understood (yet) why that is and how I can 
tell if an object supports it or not. Can you point me to some kind of 
documentation where this is explained?


Thanks alot for your help!

Cheers -- Markus