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LDAP_SEARCH(3)          Library Functions Manual          LDAP_SEARCH(3)

NAME         top

       ldap_search, ldap_search_s, ldap_search_st, ldap_search_ext,
       ldap_search_ext_s - Perform an LDAP search operation

LIBRARY         top

       OpenLDAP LDAP (libldap, -lldap)

SYNOPSIS         top

       #include <sys/types.h>
       #include <ldap.h>

       int ldap_search_ext(
              LDAP *ld,
              char *base,
              int scope,
              char *filter,
              char *attrs[],
              int attrsonly,
              LDAPControl **serverctrls,
              LDAPControl **clientctrls,
              struct timeval *timeout,
              int sizelimit,
              int *msgidp );

       int ldap_search_ext_s(
              LDAP *ld,
              char *base,
              int scope,
              char *filter,
              char *attrs[],
              int attrsonly,
              LDAPControl **serverctrls,
              LDAPControl **clientctrls,
              struct timeval *timeout,
              int sizelimit,
              LDAPMessage **res );

DESCRIPTION         top

       These routines are used to perform LDAP search operations.  The
       ldap_search_ext_s() routine does the search synchronously (i.e.,
       not returning until the operation completes), providing a pointer
       to the resulting LDAP messages at the location pointed to by the
       res parameter.

       The ldap_search_ext() routine is the asynchronous version,
       initiating the search and returning the message id of the
       operation it initiated in the integer pointed to by the msgidp
       parameter.

       The base parameter is the DN of the entry at which to start the
       search.

       The scope parameter is the scope of the search and should be one
       of LDAP_SCOPE_BASE, to search the object itself,
       LDAP_SCOPE_ONELEVEL, to search the object's immediate children,
       LDAP_SCOPE_SUBTREE, to search the object and all its descendants,
       or LDAP_SCOPE_CHILDREN, to search all of the descendants.   Note
       that the latter requires the server support the LDAP Subordinates
       Search Scope extension.

       The filter is a string representation of the filter to apply in
       the search.  The string should conform to the format specified in
       RFC 4515 as extended by RFC 4526.  For instance, "(cn=Jane Doe)".
       Note that use of the extension requires the server to support the
       LDAP Absolute True/False Filter extension.  NULL may be specified
       to indicate the library should send the filter (objectClass=*).

       The attrs parameter is a null-terminated array of attribute
       descriptions to return from matching entries.  If NULL is
       specified, the return of all user attributes is requested.  The
       description "*" (LDAP_ALL_USER_ATTRIBUTES) may be used to request
       all user attributes to be returned.  The description
       "+"(LDAP_ALL_OPERATIONAL_ATTRIBUTES) may be used to request all
       operational attributes to be returned.  Note that this requires
       the server to support the LDAP All Operational Attribute
       extension.  To request no attributes, the description "1.1"
       (LDAP_NO_ATTRS) should be listed by itself.

       The attrsonly parameter should be set to a non-zero value if only
       attribute descriptions are wanted.  It should be set to zero (0)
       if both attributes descriptions and attribute values are wanted.

       The serverctrls and clientctrls parameters may be used to specify
       server and client controls, respectively.

       The ldap_search_ext_s() routine is the synchronous version of
       ldap_search_ext().

       It also returns a code indicating success or, in the case of
       failure, indicating the nature of the failure of the operation.
       See ldap_error(3) for details.

NOTES         top

       Note that both read and list functionality are subsumed by these
       routines, by using a filter like "(objectclass=*)" and a scope of
       LDAP_SCOPE_BASE (to emulate read) or LDAP_SCOPE_ONELEVEL (to
       emulate list).

       These routines may dynamically allocate memory. The caller is
       responsible for freeing such memory using supplied deallocation
       routines. Return values are contained in <ldap.h>.

       Note that res parameter of ldap_search_ext_s() and
       ldap_search_s() should be freed with ldap_msgfree() regardless of
       return value of these functions.

DEPRECATED INTERFACES         top

       The ldap_search() routine is deprecated in favor of the
       ldap_search_ext() routine.  The ldap_search_s() and
       ldap_search_st() routines are deprecated in favor of the
       ldap_search_ext_s() routine.

       Deprecated interfaces generally remain in the library.  The macro
       LDAP_DEPRECATED can be defined to a non-zero value (e.g.,
       -DLDAP_DEPRECATED=1) when compiling program designed to use
       deprecated interfaces.  It is recommended that developers writing
       new programs, or updating old programs, avoid use of deprecated
       interfaces.  Over time, it is expected that documentation (and,
       eventually, support) for deprecated interfaces to be eliminated.

SEE ALSO         top

       ldap(3), ldap_result(3), ldap_error(3)

ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS         top

       OpenLDAP Software is developed and maintained by The OpenLDAP
       Project <http://www.openldap.org/>.  OpenLDAP Software is derived
       from the University of Michigan LDAP 3.3 Release.

COLOPHON         top

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