Re: Testing for missing attributes

[Mark W. <mew...@un...>]

the NOT, must precede the () just like the AND thus try :
(&(!(lastlogintime=*))(objectclass=inetorgPerson))

mark
Sim...@wi... wrote:

> Hi,
>
>       I am struggling with composing a filter and I hope someone on the list can
>        point me in the right direction.
>

>
>       I am using Net::LDAP v0.19, perl 5.005_03 against Novell eDirectory
>
>       The script I am working on is to display a list of users who have never
>        logged on to the network.
>
>       This is stored in the LDAP attribute lastLoginTime in eDirectory.
>
>       If I make the filter (& (objectclass=inetOrgPerson) (lastLoginTime=*)) I
>        get a list of the users who have logged in.
>
>       Can I somehow reverse this so that I get a list of those who do NOT have a
>        lastLoginTime attribute ?
>
>       I tried the obvious (& (objectclass=inetOrgPerson) (lastLoginTime!=*)) but
>        that just died with a "Bad filter" error.
>
>       It seems that Novell does not return an attribute at all rather than an
>        attribute that has a null value.
>
>       My workaround is just to get all the users and then test for the attribute
>        in the return list but it isn't going to scale very well ;-)
>
>       All help much appreciated.
>
>       Rgds,
>
>       Simon Wilcox
>       Intranet Development Manager
>       Williams Lea Group
>
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