Search

The input format for a SEARCH request is as follows:

   SEARCH
   msgid: integer
   [suffix: dn]+
   base: baseobjectdn
   scope: 0 | 1 | 2
   deref: 0 | 1 | 2 | 3
   sizelimit: integer
   timelimit: integer
   attrsonly: 0 | 1
   attrs: all | attrlist

The values of the deref parameter correspond to the various LDAP dereference options listed in <ldap.h>.

The filter parameter is a string representation of the LDAP search filter, as described in RFC 1588.

The attrlist is a space-separated list of attributes to retrieve.