On 24-Sep-2002 at 16:02:04 Anthony E. Greene wrote: >>The problem is I know little about ldap as such and have no dealing with >>the server. I gather there is a limit imposed of returning 1000 records >>(a 'page' I am told) each time. My question though is how do I tell >>ldapsearch to 'get the next 1000 records', so that I can create a loop >>and retrieve all the records? > > There is no straightforward way to do this. > So it seems :-) Is this not a common request?
> You can create a shell script that runs a query for each letter of the > alphabet, but if any query results in more than 1000 entries, you'll have > to run a second loop for 26 variations of that letter. Assuming your > ~/.ldaprc file has the basic hostname and searchbase options set, the > queries could be put in a shell script that looks like this: > [snipped] Many thanks for the script. I think I am more inclined towards a way that works on the unix side, albeit slow, rather than having to get the ldap server to do anything - e.g. dumping the user list and then getting it up to the linux/unix boxes. I'd rather a 'pull' than a 'push' :-) I'll probably try a basic script just to see how it goes, how long it takes and the like. John. ------------------------------------------------------------------------ John Horne, University of Plymouth, UK Tel: +44 (0)1752 233914 E-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] PGP key available from public key servers -- redhat-list mailing list unsubscribe mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]?subject=unsubscribe https://listman.redhat.com/mailman/listinfo/redhat-list
