[python-ldap] LDAP Search Failure

[Michael Ströder]

Anurag Chourasia wrote:
> I am doing a search using Python LDAP and the search function is throwing an
> exception *ldap.NO_SUCH_OBJECT*
> 
> Session transcript is as follows
> 
>>>> import ldap
>>>> l=ldap.initialize('ldap://localhost:389')
>>>> who="CN=guddu,OU=Appl Groups,OU=Central,OU=CL,DC=c.corp,O=App,C=US"
>>>> cred="12345"
>>>> result=l.bind(who,cred)

As said in my other response this is not a full correct bind operation.

>>>> l.result(result)
> (97, [])
>>>> l.search_s('OU=Appl
> Groups,OU=Central,OU=CL,DC=c.corp,O=App,C=US',ldap.SCOPE_SUBTREE,'(cn=gud*)',['cn'])
> [..]
> ldap.NO_SUCH_OBJECT: {'info': "0000208D: NameErr: DSID-031521D2, problem 2001
> (NO_OBJECT), data 0, best match of:\n\t'O=App,C=US'\n", 'matched': 'O=App,C=US', '
> desc': 'No such object'}

This can be caused by the base DN not being correct or the server not
disclosing the DN to you because of incomplete bind before.

Ciao, Michael.

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