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List:       perl-ldap-dev
Subject:    RE: Iterative LDAP searches
From:       Rafael Corvalan <Rafael.Corvalan () linkvest ! com>
Date:       2001-05-10 9:04:28
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Hi
The purpose of the module Net::LDAP::LDIF is to read/write entries in an
LDIF format.
The module does not interract with the server. If you want to generate an
LDIF file with the content of your server, you must do a search, and you
will have the problem with the server limit.
I think....
Rafael

-----Original Message-----
From: Bing Du [mailto:Bing-Du@cis-gw.tamu.edu]
Sent: mercredi, 9. mai 2001 16:38
To: Davidc@Atomica.com; d.bussenschutt@mailbox.gu.edu.au
Cc: perl-ldap-dev@lists.sourceforge.net
Subject: Re: Iterative LDAP searches


Maybe I don't get the whole picture of the story. 
But for retrieving all the entries, why not dump the directory in LDIF
and process LDIF instead?  See Net::LDAP::LDIF.

Bing

Bing Du <bing-du@tamu.edu, 979-845-9577>
Texas A&M University, CIS, Operating Systems, Unix

>>> David Bussenschutt <d.bussenschutt@mailbox.gu.edu.au> 05/08/01
06:43PM >>>
David,
I have a server (Novell 5.1) that I can't get to return more than 500
entries, no matter what the documentation from novell says.  

I loop through 26 searches, one for each letter of the alphabet,
searching
for (cn=$x*) where $x is the letter I'm currently searching for.  I
can
guarantee that I don't have more than 500 'smith's (or whatever), so
this
works well for me. I then just tack all the results together before
fiddling with them.

If I had numerical UID's, then I could probably search for (UID=$y*)
where
$y is the number 1 through 10, and reduce the search cound
significantly.
Oh well.

David.

At 11:46 AM 5/8/01 +0300, you wrote:
>We use Net::LDAP to search for users on directory servers. We're
trying to
>figure out the best way to deal with the search limit that directory
servers
>impose on LDAP searches. For AD, this limit seems to be 1000, while
with
>Netscape it seems to default to 1000 but is configurable. If X is the
search
>limit and there are > X users, we don't get accurate results. We need
a way
>to get back all users, perhaps in smaller chunks.
>
>Someone suggested we use Paging, but that while it's supported by
Active
>Directory, the answer for other directory servers in the future will
be VLV.
>
>Can anyone suggest a good strategy for now?
>What's with VLV - when will there be a stable perl module for this?
>Which directory servers, if any, support Paging other than AD?
>Where can I finds helpful info and examples for either Paging or VLV?
>
> Thanks in advance.
>
>- David Cikk
>
>
>
>
>

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