stoney core: Global Searches
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Overview
The main search field in the upper right corner searches the whole directory and gives first results while typing (actual search starts after entering three characters). The following example shows, that after typing four letters, we have four results (each containing the first four letters “Müll”):
- Two customers “Peter Müller” and “Stefan Müller”.
- One reseller “Müller & Co GmbH”.
- One service “Online Backup 10 Gigabyte (Hausi Müller)”.
Search Selection
After the user has entered the first three characters, we do a first search selection:
- Numerical value (integer): Start a search for a uid (unique identifier)
- Alphanumerical value (non-integer): Start a search for either displayName or gecos.
Reseller Search
Numerical value (integer) Search
The following example shows you the numerical value (integer) search (uid search) with 400 (400*) as the search parameter and o (for the organisation) as the return value:
ldapsearch -H ldaps://ldapm.tombstone.ch \ -b "ou=reseller,dc=foss-cloud,dc=org" \ -s sub \ -D "cn=Manager,dc=foss-cloud,dc=org" \ -W -x -LLL \ "(&(sstBelongsToResellerUID=4000000)(uid=400*))" o
Do not forget to restrict the search according to the person who is currently logged in.
The result(s):
dn: uid=4000000,ou=reseller,dc=foss-cloud,dc=org o: Reseller Ltd.
Legend:
-H: ldapuri Specify URI(s) referring to the ldap server(s). -b: searchbase Use searchbase as the starting point for the search instead of the default. -s: base|one|sub Specify the scope of the search to be one of base, one, or sub to specify a base object, one-level, or subtree search. The default is sub. -D: binddn Use the Distinguished Name binddn to bind to the LDAP directory. -W: Prompt for simple authentication. This is used instead of spec- ifying the password on the command line. -x: Use simple authentication instead of SASL. -LLL: Search results are display in LDAP Data Interchange Format detailed in ldif(5). A single -L restricts the output to LDIFv1. A second -L disables comments. A third -L disables printing of the LDIF version. The default is to use an extended version of LDIF.
Alphanumerical value (non-integer) Search
The following example shows you the alphanumerical value (non-integer) search with res (res*) as the search parameter and o (for the organisation) as the return value:
ldapsearch -H ldaps://ldapm.tombstone.ch \ -b "ou=reseller,dc=foss-cloud,dc=org" \ -s sub \ -D "cn=Manager,dc=foss-cloud,dc=org" \ -W -x -LLL \ "(&(sstBelongsToResellerUID=4000000)(o=res*))" o
Do not forget to restrict the search according to the person who is currently logged in.
The result(s):
dn: uid=4000000,ou=reseller,dc=foss-cloud,dc=org o: Reseller Ltd.