Netscape NETSCAPE DIRECTORY SERVER 6.1 - ADMINISTRATOR, Administrator'S Manual

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Using ldapsearch
516 Netscape Directory Server Administrator’s Guide • August 2002
Option Description
-b
Specifies the starting point for the search. The value specified here
must be a distinguished name that currently exists in the database.
This option is optional if the
LDAP_BASEDN
environment variable has
been set to a base DN.
The value specified in this option should be provided in double
quotation marks. For example:
-b "cn=Barbara Jensen, ou=Product Development,
dc=example,dc=com".
If you want to search the root DSE entry, specify an empty string here.
For example:
-b ""
-D
Specifies the distinguished name with which to authenticate to the
server. This option is optional if anonymous access is supported by
your server. If specified, this value must be a DN recognized by the
Directory Server, and it must also have the authority to search for the
entries. For example:
-
D "uid=bjensen, dc=example,dc=com"
-h
Specifies the hostname or IP address of the machine on which the
Directory Server is installed. If you do not specify a host,
ldapsearch
uses the localhost. For example,
-h mozilla
.
-l
Specifies the maximum number of seconds to wait for a search request
to complete. Regardless of the value specified here,
ldapsearch
will
never wait longer than is allowed by the server’s
nsslapd-timelimit
attribute. For example,
-l 300
. The default value for the
nsslapd-timelimit
attribute is 3,600 seconds.
-p
Specifies the TCP port number that the Directory Server uses. For
example,
-p 1049
. The default is 389. If
-Z
is used, the default is 636.