SearchRequest

The search operation allows a client to search the directory

Parameters

baseObject

The distinguished name (DN) of the object where the search starts.

Scope

Microsoft Exchange Server supports all three options: baseObject, singleLevel, and wholeSubtree.

Filter

Provides a set of conditions that need to be met. Microsoft Exchange Server supports all filters, namely: and, or, not, equalityMatch, substrings, greaterOrEqual, lessOrEqual, present, approxMatch (maps to equalityMatch), and extensibleMatch.

derefAliases

The use of this parameter is not implemented.

SizeLimit

Allows the client to limit the number of entries to be returned as a result of a search operation. A value of 0 indicates no size restrictions. The default is 0.

TimeLimit

Allows the client to limit the time in seconds for a search operation. A value of 0 indicates no time limit.

attrsOnly

Indicates whether only Attribute Type or Types and Value should be returned. The default is FALSE (Types and Value).

Attributes

Allows the client to specify a list of attributes from entries found to be returned. An empty list signifies all attributes. The default is to return all attributes.

matchedOnly

The use of this parameter is not implemented.

sortKeys

The use of this parameter is not implemented.

ReverseSort

The use of this parameter is not implemented.

ModifyRightsReq

The use of this parameter is not implemented.

AttrSizeLimit

Allows the client to prevent attributes exeeding a specified size from being returned. A value 0 indicates no size limit restrictions. The default is 0.

Subentries

Allows the client to specify that only subentries should be searched not ordinary entries. The LDAP version 3 specification allows a server to return an empty list or ProtocolError as a result of this.

DontUseCopy

The use of this parameter is not implemented.