memberof example using ldap

[John Gordon]

In <mailman.144.1473684507.2411.python-list at python.org> Robert Clove <cloverobert at gmail.com> writes:

> Hi,
> I have to find if user is the member of a group, for this i am using the
> following query

> (&(objectClass=user)(sAMAccountName=yourUserName)
>   (memberof=CN=YourGroup,OU=Users,DC=YourDomain,DC=com))

> The above query doesn't work fine even if group doesn't exist,

> It always says that user is member of

The query returns a user who is not a member of the named group?
That's odd.

What is the search base and scope?

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