https://bugs.openldap.org/show_bug.cgi?id=9350
--- Comment #4 from Ondřej Kuzník ondra@mistotebe.net --- On Mon, Jan 31, 2022 at 11:33:10AM +0000, openldap-its@openldap.org wrote:
no. base = "" it's a "Root DN" base = NULL it's a "default DN" from system-wide configuration files
for example /etc/openldap/ldap.conf: URI ldap://localhost BASE dc=example,dc=com ... #see: man 5 ldap.conf
Please note that usage questions belong to the openldap-technical mailing list unless you think you discovered a bug (e.g. the library behaving in a way that goes against what is documented). I don't believe this is the right bug for that either way.
Thanks,