PingDirectory

Returning all user and operational attributes in a schema search

Specify "*" in a search attribute list to represent all user attributes. Specifying "+" retrieves all operational attributes.

About this task

The following standards are used in PingDirectory as part of the LDAP specification.

Standard Overview

RFC 3673

Describes the use of "+" to represent all operational attributes

RFC 4511

Describes the use of "*" to represent all user attributes

Steps

  • To search the cn=schema entry and return all user and operational attributes, run ldapsearch.

    Example:

    bin/ldapsearch --baseDN cn=schema --searchScope base "(objectclass=*)" "*" "+"