perl-ldap-dev

Filter problems

[Guruprasad S <sgu...@no...>]

Hi,

I am having problems using the filter.

$filter =3D Net::LDAP::Filter->new( '(cn=3DBabs Jensen)');

The above will return 2 entries from ldap.bigfoot.com.  If I add o=3Dbigfoo=
t.com as shown below, even then I get 2 entries

$filter =3D Net::LDAP::Filter->new( '& (cn=3DBabs Jensen) (o=3Dbigfoot.com)=
');

Can any of you please help me.  Also I am unable to filter on mail field.

Thanks
Guru

Re: Filter problems

[Chris R. <chr...@me...>]

Guruprasad S <sgu...@no...> wrote:
> Hi,
> 
> I am having problems using the filter.
> 
> $filter = Net::LDAP::Filter->new( '(cn=Babs Jensen)');
> 
> The above will return 2 entries from ldap.bigfoot.com.  If I add
> o=bigfoot.com as shown below, even then I get 2 entries
> 
> $filter = Net::LDAP::Filter->new( '& (cn=Babs Jensen) (o=bigfoot.com)');
> 
> Can any of you please help me.  Also I am unable to filter on mail field.
> 
> Thanks
> Guru

I think you've really got problems with the server.

Ldap.bigfoot.com is not a "real" and complete LDAP server, it is just a
simple and very restricted LDAP front-end onto some kind of database. I
wouldn't be surprised if it ignored lots of operations and parts of filters.

Cheers,

Chris