"bruce" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes:

> hi...
>
> i have a question that i need to solve for a possible research project for a
> class next semester.
>
> i'm looking at creating a test system of faculty across universities, to
> demonstrate some various methods of data mining/web services/etc...
>
> however, when i look at the umich website, i see that i can access the umich
> ldap server, but i have no (0) experience in querying an ldap server!!
>
> i'm trying to figure out how to construct a query for the ldap server using
> either a http url, or using the ldapsearch app (on a linux box) to allow me
> to get faculty for a given affiliation/dept...
>
> i tried using the following but got an error:
> ldapsearch -h ldap.itd.umich.edu -b "cn=faculty,ou=User
> Groups,ou=Groups,dc=umich,dc=edu" "(affiliation=Urban Planning - Faculty and
> Staff)"

ldap.itd.umich.edu does not allow anonymous search below the ou=groups
branch.
You should probabley try a decent ldap browser, web2ldap, JXplorer or
similar.
OpenLDAP provides some basic information on how to access a directory,
http://www.openldap.org

-Dieter

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