I even found a list post where I asked this same question, almost 4 years ago. :-) But the answer then isn't working.
Escape characters, that's the ticket! Except, in this case, it isn't ... If I replace each "\" with "\5c" instead, the search fails with ldap_get_next_page_s: [<someDC>] Error 0x20 (32) - No Such Object So the escaping didn't help, this time ... On Wed, Apr 29, 2015 at 3:04 PM, Michael Leone <[email protected]> wrote: > Hoping somebody can tell me what I am missing here. ADfind search for > one of my generic logins: > > P:\utils>adfind -f samaccountname=laptopuser > > AdFind V01.49.00.00cpp Joe Richards ([email protected]) February 2015 > > Using server: <someDC> > Directory: Windows Server 2008 R2 > Base DN: DC=<this, that and the other> > > dn:CN=Laptop User.... >>homeDirectory: \\<server>\users\BookBagAdmin > > Yet, when I search for a homeDirectory that matches, it fails: > > P:\utils>adfind -f homeDirectory=\\<server>\users\BookBagAdmin > > AdFind V01.49.00.00cpp Joe Richards ([email protected]) February 2015 > > Using server: <someDC> > Directory: Windows Server 2008 R2 > Base DN: <this, that and the other> > > > 0 Objects returned > > > So how come the 2nd search failed, if I am filtering for an attribute > that was returned by the first search? I've done lots of searches this > way, without fail. > > Yet for some reason, I can't search for this one particular homeDirectory. > > Clues as to why? It's gotta be me misunderstanding something ...
