How to search for everything in the ldap database (such config)?

On Fri, Mar 28, 2014 at 8:31 AM, Brad Hartlove bradley.hartlove@g2-inc.com wrote:

Peng

The default of "-b" should be whatever you have specified in your ldap.conf configuration file. In a fresh install, without any configuration, I do not believe it will look for any base. The "-b" flag is used to specify the base of the tree from where you wish to begin your search. If you also pass the "-v" flag, it will spit out the base you are using ex:" # base <dc=somedomain,dc=com> with scope subtree". In the ldap.conf (typically located in your /etc/opendlap directory in linux), the directive you want to set is "BASE". It natively comes with something that is commented out ex: #BASE dc=example,dc=com. You need to uncomment and add the appropriate base location from where you wish to operate. Bear in mind that this affects the behavior of all your OpenLDAP client calls if the "-b" is not specified in the command string.

Regards, Brad Hartlove

-----Original Message----- From: openldap-technical-bounces@OpenLDAP.org [mailto:openldap-technical-bounces@OpenLDAP.org] On Behalf Of Peng Yu Sent: Thursday, March 27, 2014 4:17 PM To: openldap-technical@openldap.org Subject: What is the default of `-b`?

Hi,

The man page says the following.

`-b` *searchbase* : Use *searchbase* as the starting point for the search instead of the default.

I'm wondering what is the default. If I don't specify -b, I will get an error. Does anyone know how show all the contents from the database? Thanks.

$ sudo ldapsearch -Q -LLL -Y EXTERNAL -H ldapi:/// -b cn=config dn dn: cn=config

dn: cn=module{0},cn=config

dn: cn=schema,cn=config

dn: cn={0}core,cn=schema,cn=config

dn: cn={1}cosine,cn=schema,cn=config

dn: cn={2}nis,cn=schema,cn=config

dn: cn={3}inetorgperson,cn=schema,cn=config

dn: olcBackend={0}hdb,cn=config

dn: olcDatabase={-1}frontend,cn=config

dn: olcDatabase={0}config,cn=config

dn: olcDatabase={1}hdb,cn=config

$ sudo ldapsearch -Q -LLL -Y EXTERNAL -H ldapi:/// dn No such object (32)

-- Regards, Peng