ldapsearch example on Active Directory

Just putting this here for safekeeping since I couldn’t remember the exact syntax.

[evan@ehoffman 10:35:50 ~]$ ldapsearch -x -LLL -D "ldapuser@example.com" -w password -b "OU=Users,DC=example,DC=com" -s sub -H ldaps://activedirectory.example.com "(sn=hoffman)" cn mail displayName samaccountname
dn: CN=Evan Hoffman,OU=Tech,OU=Users,DC=example,DC=com
cn: Evan Hoffman
displayName: Evan D. Hoffman
sAMAccountName: ehoffman
mail: Evan.Hoffman@example.com

Explanation: Connect to activedirectory.example.com using ldaps (SSL) with simple authentication, binding as ldapuser@example.com with password password; search for (sn=hoffman) within the OU=Users,DC=example,DC=com search base (branch), and search the subtree. Return the cn, displayName, and samaccountname fields.

Refer to the ldapsearch man page for more options.

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