You will use this command to search for entries on the LDAP server.
Command | Keyword | Value | Developer notes |
|---|---|---|---|
SEARCH | DN | Required. Define the base DN to search for. | |
SCOPE | *ONE | Optional. Run the search over the entries under the base DN. | |
*BASE | Run the search over the base DN alone. | ||
*SUB | Default. Run the search over the base DN and all its entries within its sub-trees. | ||
FILTER | value | Optional. Specify a filter for this search criteria. | |
*NONE | Default. |
The application must supply a working list to which the SEARCH command will pass the retrieved DN values. The working list must contain one field as follows:
The field is mandatory and will contain the DN value for each retrieved DN.
Suggested field length: you will need to ensure that the field is long enough to hold the DN value of your LDAP Server. The field will be character.
Refer to the following examples to see how this works. For information on how to supply a working list to service commands from RDML, RDMLX, or RPG applications, refer to Java Service Manager Clients.
SEARCH DN(o=ibmteldir) FILTER(objectclass=person) SCOPE(*SUB) #WRKLST(DN)