hi dieter!!! thanks for the reply. i went to the web2ldap site, and played with the app for a sec. i was amazed/pleased to see that i was almost immeadiately able to get information from the umich ldap server for a test dept/affiliation.
however, i can't figure out how to add the sub filter to the http request that i have for the umich directory services. the following actually works, in returning a given person.. i'd like to be able to do something similar and return the list of faculty for a given dept.. browser (umich) http://directory.umich.edu//ldapweb-bin/url?ldap:///ou=People,dc=umich,dc=ed u in the web2ldap test, i added the "Urban Planning - Faculty" to the dept text area. i was able to see >>>"sub search with filter "(ou=*Urban Planning - Faculty*)""<<< which returned the 248 entries that i was expecting.... is there some way of being able to use/implement the browser url to be able to access the dept information/listings... as you can see, i'm seriously new to ldap.. and in fact, this is a very small exercise to get the information. in fact, it looks like the umich site is the only site where i'd even need to hit a ldap server... thanks -bruce -----Original Message----- From: Dieter Kluenter [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Wednesday, February 07, 2007 9:47 AM To: [email protected] Subject: [ldap] Re: test ldap question... "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. --- 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.
