Re: What is the default of `-b`?

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

See "BASE" in ldap.conf(5).

p.

On 03/27/2014 09:17 PM, Peng Yu wrote:
> Hi,
>
> The man page says the following.
>
> `-b` *searchbase*
> :   Use *searchbase* as the starting point for the search instead of
> the default.
>
> I'm wondering what is the default. If I don't specify -b, I will get
> an error. Does anyone know how show all the contents from the
> database? Thanks.
>
> $ sudo ldapsearch -Q -LLL -Y EXTERNAL -H ldapi:/// -b cn=config dn
> dn: cn=config
>
> dn: cn=module{0},cn=config
>
> dn: cn=schema,cn=config
>
> dn: cn={0}core,cn=schema,cn=config
>
> dn: cn={1}cosine,cn=schema,cn=config
>
> dn: cn={2}nis,cn=schema,cn=config
>
> dn: cn={3}inetorgperson,cn=schema,cn=config
>
> dn: olcBackend={0}hdb,cn=config
>
> dn: olcDatabase={-1}frontend,cn=config
>
> dn: olcDatabase={0}config,cn=config
>
> dn: olcDatabase={1}hdb,cn=config
>
> $ sudo ldapsearch -Q -LLL -Y EXTERNAL -H ldapi:///  dn
> No such object (32)


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