LDAP - LDP Client (Windows)

You can search in a Ldap application as in Windows - Active Directory Service Interfaces (ADSI) using LDP, which is included in Microsoft Windows Server™ 2003 and Windows® 2000 Server support tools. This client LDAP tool gives you the ability to not only search the domain container, but also the Configuration container.

Installing LDP is easy. From the CD \support\tools, double click suptools.msi.

• You first would open LDP and connect to a valid domain controller.

• Then you need to bind using appropriate credentials.

• Select View, and then select Tree. Leave the Base DN field blank, and click OK. Navigate to the container that you want to search, right-click the container, and select Search.

Tree:
Level 1 --------------------------- DC=HotITem, DC=local             
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Level 2 ----------------- CN=Users, DC=HotITem, DC=local 
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Level 3 ---- CN=test user CN=Users, DC=HotITem, DC=local

To search with LDP, just click on a branch of tree. Select the scope and enter a filter that has this Filter syntax.

For instance, to search a CN that contains nico:

Ldp performs a ldap_search_s.

***Searching...
ldap_search_s(ld, "DC=HotITem,DC=local", 2, "(cn=*nico*)", attrList,  0, &msg)
Result <0>: (null)
Matched DNs: 
Getting 1 entries:
>> Dn: CN=Gerard\, Nicolas,OU=Data Insight,OU=HotITem,OU=Users,OU=Beheer,DC=HotITem,DC=local
	4> objectClass: top; person; organizationalPerson; user; 
	1> cn: Gerard, Nicolas; 
	1> description: Nicolas Gerard; 
	1> distinguishedName: CN=Gerard\, Nicolas,OU=Data Insight,OU=HotITem,OU=Users,OU=Beheer,DC=HotITem,DC=local; 
	1> name: Gerard, Nicolas; 
	1> canonicalName: HotITem.local/Beheer/Users/HotITem/Data Insight/Gerard, Nicolas; 
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• Windows Server 2003 - LDP Support Tool Utility Tutorial