Active Directory Custom Search LDAP query

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I am trying to do an LDAP query in component services where I would find all the groups in a specific Organizational Unit

I've tried this and many other things but it never seems to work.

(objectCategory=group)(ou=david test*)

Can anyone please help me. I've searched online for a while now and found nothing

Thank you Gibit

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active-directoryldap
I am trying to do it in Component Services, in the Find:CustomSearch - GIBIT

2 Answers

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Your LDAP query just have to specify (objectClass=group)

Recall : A LDAP query is

  1. The nod from which you ask to begin the search (in your case the DN of your OU)
  2. The scope of your search (base, onelevel, subtree)
  3. The filter of your search ((objectClass=group))
  4. The attributes you want to retreive

This is what you'll find in an LDAP URL and in most of the APIs in any language.

ldap://Hote:port/base_dn?attributs?scope?filter

I hope it helps

JP

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You did not mention what is the operation for these criteria and/or

If its or

(|(objectCategory=group)(ou=david test*))

It will try to find all the object either with objectcategory group or an organizational unit starting with 'david test' from the root.

If its and

(&(objectCategory=group)(ou=david test*))

It won't find anything because an organizational unit object category wont be a group.

Instead what you can do is, set the base dn as ou=david test,... and just search for 'objectCategory=group'.

If you dont know the organizational unit dn, do a first search with the filter (ou=david test*) and get the dn and set it as base dn for the next search and now search for 'objectCategory=group'