how to write filter argumnt for search function of LDAPObject class

[Michael Ströder]

Yang Cheng Fu wrote:
> 
> I am trying to access windows Active directory by using python-ldap, but 
> I do not know how to write filter argument for search function.

 From http://python-ldap.sourceforge.net/doc/python-ldap/ldap-objects.html:

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The filterstr argument is a string representation of the filter to apply in 
the search.

See Also:

RFC 4515, Lightweight Directory Access Protocol (LDAP): String 
Representation of Search Filters.
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> search(base, scope [,filterstr='(objectClass=*)' [, attrlist=None [, 
> attrsonly=0]]]).
> 
> For example: A filter sting which based on RFC4515 
> (http://www.faqs.org/rfcs/rfc4515.html) is 
> "(&(objectclass=organizationalUnit)(c=*))".

Yupp. That's exactly the string you have to pass to method search() and its 
derivates as argument filterstr.

> From the docs of 
> python-ldap, the forms of the argument, ('cn=fred*') and 
> ('objectClass=*') can be found.

Ouch! The example filterstr values on 
http://python-ldap.sourceforge.net/doc/python-ldap/ldap-example.html are 
simply typos. Sorry for that.

Ciao, Michael.