Tim,

Just a few WAGS....

Check the data types for the ldap attributes that are not returned. (
Maybe they are not supported in v5.x but are in v7.x ?)

Maybe the ARS side is truncating the data due to a size/memory
constraint? (and thus you get a partial record)

HTH

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Carey Matthew Black
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On 10/26/07, Tim Widowfield <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
> Hey, everybody.  I was wondering if anyone out there has seen this issue 
> before.  It's got a lot of people baffled.
>
>
>
> A customer has an AIX server running the latest patch for AR 5.1.2.  The 
> target LDAP server is Novell, and it doesn't allow anonymous browsing.  When 
> the Remedy daemons start up, all the plug-ins load without a hitch.  And in 
> the configuration  form, the parameters for ARDBC look correct -- that is, 
> the values are what we were told to use, and they match what I'm using in 
> Softerra's LDAP Browser.
>
>
>
> However, when attempting to query the LDAP host the vendor form exhibits 
> strange behavior.  It shows us only  a subset of any given person's record.  
> For example, we can see the last name, first name, and email address, but no 
> location data.  Even more strange is the empty cn field.  In database terms, 
> we're getting all the rows, but only some of the columns.
>
>
>
> The base query we're using is pretty simple.  It looks something like this:
>
>
>
>     ldaps://[LDAP_Server]/o=[domain]??sub?(objectclass=*)
>
>
>
> The customer has an AR System version 7 development server with almost the 
> exact same setup (same query, same credentials), and all the data comes back 
> as expected.  Out of desperation, I imported the vendor form onto their 
> production 5.1.2 server, and the same thing happened as on the development 
> 5.1.2 machine:  Swiss-cheese data.
> I've built new vendor forms from scratch, and I've even performed surgery on 
> def files, all to no avail.
>
>
> There are no errors in the plug-in logs.
> As far as the AR Server goes, there is no problem.
>
>
> I'm stumped.  Any ideas?
>
>
>
> --Tim

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