Red Hat Directory Server 8.0 Administrator's Guide

The following LDAP URL specifies a base search for the entry with the distinguished name
dc=example,dc=com.
ldap://ldap.example.com/dc=example,dc=com
• Because no port number is specified, the standard LDAP port number (389) is used.
• Because no attributes are specified, the search returns all attributes.
• Because no search scope is specified, the search is restricted to the base entry
dc=example,dc=com.
• Because no filter is specified, the directory uses the default filter (objectclass=*).
Example 2.
The following LDAP URL retrieves the postalAddress attribute of the entry with the DN
dc=example,dc=com:
ldap://ldap.example.com/dc=example,dc=com?postalAddress
• Because no search scope is specified, the search is restricted to the base entry
dc=example,dc=com.
• Because no filter is specified, the directory uses the default filter (objectclass=*).
Example 3.
The following LDAP URL retrieves the cn, mail, and telephoneNumber attributes of the entry
for Barbara Jensen:
ldap://ldap.example.com/cn=Barbara%20Jensen,dc=example,dc=com?cn,mail,telephoneNumber
• Because no search scope is specified, the search is restricted to the base entry cn=Barbara
Jensen,dc=example,dc=com.
• Because no filter is specified, the directory uses the default filter (objectclass=*).
Example 4.
The following LDAP URL specifies a search for entries that have the surname Jensen and are
at any level under dc=example,dc=com:
ldap://ldap.example.com/dc=example,dc=com??sub?(sn=Jensen)
Appendix C. LDAP URLs
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