"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 -- Dieter Klünter | Systemberatung http://www.dkluenter.de N 53°37'10.08" E 10°08'02.82" GPG Key ID:8EF7B6C6 --- You are currently subscribed to [email protected] as: [EMAIL PROTECTED] To unsubscribe send email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with the word UNSUBSCRIBE as the SUBJECT of the message.
