How to use ldapsearch to search for attributes with syntax Octet String

(Last modified: 02Mar2005)

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How to use ldapsearch to search for attributes with syntax Octet string

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Novell eDirectory 8.7.3 for All Platforms

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How to search for eDirectory Attributes with syntax Octet String like GUID

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Only precence and exact match is supported on Octect String

The data stored in a attribute with syntaxt Octect String is Bindary Data

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The syntax of the ldap filter for ldapsearch is "GUID=\<HEXValueOfCharacter>. Let's assume the GUID is: 01345E19 6AF6D811 99D2B205 D1439511, the syntax would be:

Ldapsearch -b "o=novell" -h x.x.x.x -p xxx -D cn=admin,o=novell -w xxxxx  "GUID=\01\34\5E\19\6A\F6\D8\11\99\D2\B2\05\D1\43\95\11" cn guid

This will return the attributes cn and the GUID of the object that matches the specified GUID. The GUID will be returned in BASE64 encoding.

document

Document Title:	How to use ldapsearch to search for attributes with syntax Octet String
Document ID:	10096551
Solution ID:	NOVL100936
Creation Date:	08Feb2005
Modified Date:	02Mar2005
Novell Product Class:	Novell Directory Services

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