LDAP search queries

Some quick examples of common LDAP search queries. See this blog for more explanation and examples (thanks for the comment)

Search for a particular user:

ldapsearch -LLLx "uid=myuser"

If your LDAP database is giant, you might want to limit that search to just the people tree:

ldapsearch -LLLx -b ou=people,dc=myorg,dc=com "uid=myuser"

Find a netgroup:

ldapsearch -LLLx -b ou=netgroup,dc=myorg,dc=com "cn=mymachine.myorg.com"

Wildcards also work:

ldapsearch -LLLx -b ou=netgroup,dc=myorg,dc=com "cn=*fred*.myorg.com"

Regular group:

ldapsearch -LLLx -b ou=group,dc=myorg,dc=com "cn=sysadmins"