The following command:
ldapsearch -LLL "(sn=smith)" cn sn telephoneNumber
will perform a subtree search (using the default search base and
other parameters defined in ldap.conf(5)) for entries with a
surname (sn) of smith. The common name (cn), surname (sn) and
telephoneNumber values will be retrieved and printed to standard
output. The output might look something like this if two entries
are found:
dn: uid=jts,dc=example,dc=com
cn: John Smith
cn: John T. Smith
sn: Smith
sn;lang-en: Smith
sn;lang-de: Schmidt
telephoneNumber: 1 555 123-4567
dn: uid=sss,dc=example,dc=com
cn: Steve Smith
cn: Steve S. Smith
sn: Smith
sn;lang-en: Smith
sn;lang-de: Schmidt
telephoneNumber: 1 555 765-4321
The command:
ldapsearch -LLL -u -t "(uid=xyz)" jpegPhoto audio
will perform a subtree search using the default search base for
entries with user id of "xyz". The user friendly form of the
entry's DN will be output after the line that contains the DN
itself, and the jpegPhoto and audio values will be retrieved and
written to temporary files. The output might look like this if
one entry with one value for each of the requested attributes is
found:
dn: uid=xyz,dc=example,dc=com
ufn: xyz, example, com
audio:< file:///tmp/ldapsearch-audio-a19924
jpegPhoto:< file:///tmp/ldapsearch-jpegPhoto-a19924
This command:
ldapsearch -LLL -s one -b "c=US" "(o=University*)" o description
will perform a one-level search at the c=US level for all entries
whose organization name (o) begins with University. The
organization name and description attribute values will be
retrieved and printed to standard output, resulting in output
similar to this:
dn: o=University of Alaska Fairbanks,c=US
o: University of Alaska Fairbanks
description: Naturally Inspiring
description: leaf node only
dn: o=University of Colorado at Boulder,c=US
o: University of Colorado at Boulder
description: No personnel information
description: Institution of education and research
dn: o=University of Colorado at Denver,c=US
o: University of Colorado at Denver
o: UCD
o: CU/Denver
o: CU-Denver
description: Institute for Higher Learning and Research
dn: o=University of Florida,c=US
o: University of Florida
o: UFl
description: Warper of young minds
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