jupiter wrote:

I have a django application which using Python LDAP API

Hmm, this is likely off-topic here.

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to search LDAP objects and throws object DoesNotExist exception.

You mean ldap.NO_SUCH_OBJECT execption?

I thought the search function should catch the exception, but the owner of the software said, the try / except should not be used, if it throws an exception, it is LDAP configuration problem, must fix the LDAP configuration.

The questions is why ldap.NO_SUCH_OBJECT is raised. If there's a wrong search root configured the owner of the software is right.

There could be other reasons. But without knowing the details nobody can tell.

Is it possible to configure LDAP not throwing exception for searching non-existing objects?

Such a work-around would likely cause more issues than it solves.

You should detail which problem you want to solve.

Ciao, Michael.

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