Re: set syntax possible in search filter?

[Pierangelo Masarati <pierangelo.masarati@polimi.it>]

On 03/08/2014 04:12 AM, Stephan Fabel wrote:
> Hi,
>
> reading this: http://www.openldap.org/faq/data/cache/1133.html - do I
> read this correctly that the set syntax can also be employed in search
> filters? The reason I ask is because Mark is listing LDAP URIs and this
> sentence: "The LDAP search corresponding to the URI's DN, attributes,
> scope and filter is performed, and all the matching entries are
> dereferenced."
>
> I'm unsure because the Admin Guide for 2.4 only mentions sets in the
> context of ACLs, and slapd.access(5) states that it's "undocumented".

That text is referring to the "filter" portion of an LDAP URI.  Entries 
matching the URI are collected into a set and subsequently used in sets 
algebra.  In any case, sets are only used in the context of ACL evaluation.

p.

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Pierangelo Masarati
Associate Professor
Dipartimento di Scienze e Tecnologie Aerospaziali
Politecnico di Milano