Error-message "No such object"

[Tina M. <ti...@ze...>]

hi, i've searched the archive and also ldap_search-archives, but
with no success.
we have an ldap-server (don't know which software...),
and besides netscape there is a tool ldapsearch on the
unix-machines.
now if I do
my $ldap = Net::LDAP->new('ldap.company',debug=>15) or die "$@";
my $bind = $ldap->bind();
$bind->code && die $bind->error;
my $base = "o=company, c=DE";
my $mesg = $ldap->search (
 base   => $base,
 filter => "sn=schade",
 attr => ["sn"],
);
print "\tMessage: ", ldap_error_name($mesg->code);
print " :",        ldap_error_text($mesg->code);
print "MessageID: ",$mesg->mesg_id;
print "\tDN: ",$mesg->dn;

I get
Message: LDAP_NO_SUCH_OBJECT :The server cannot find an object specified in the request
MessageID: 2    DN:

if i use ldapsearch directly i get:
$ ldapsearch -v -h ldap.company -b 'c=DE' 'uid=some_uid' (or even 'sn=*')
ldap_init( ldap.company, 389 )
filter pattern: uid=some_uid
returning: ALL
filter is: (uid=some_uid)
ldap_search: No such object

does anybody know what this errormessage means?

thanks for any hints, tina

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