Re: [OT] LDAP query syntax

["Paul Bendall" <paul@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>]

Okay I think I see what you mean but you need to search for
something before you exclude something else. I've tried the
following using LDP.exe

(&(!(samaccountname=ben*))(objectcategory=*))

The above returns all objects which do not have a user ID starting
ben and this gives me a collection.

Paul

--- In ukha_d@xxxxxxx, "Paul Gordon" <paul@...> wrote:
>
> I'm trying to filter objects in active directory based on which OU
> they're in by referencing the "distinguishedName" property.
>
> I can construct a query that successfully returns users which ARE
in a
> given OU, as follows:
>
> (distinguishedName=*OU=Testing,DC=domain,DC=com)
>
> Using the wildcard, because the distinguishedName property
includes the
> object name as well. - running a query using this filter correctly
> returns all objects within the "Testing" OU in the AD Domain
> "domain.com"
>
> What I now want to do is put a logical NOT operator on the
condition, so
> that the query returns all objects that are *not* in a given OU...
just
> amending the filter to:
>
> (!(distinguishedName=*OU=Testing2,DC=domain,DC=com)
>
> Does not appear to work, - my query returns no objects when I run
> this...
>
> Any ideas?
>
> Paul G.
>
>
> -----Original Message-----
> From: ukha_d@xxxxxxx [mailto:ukha_d@xxxxxxx] On
Behalf
> Of Paul Bendall
> Sent: 16 February 2008 12:22
> To: UKHA Group
> Subject: [ukha_d] Re: [OT] LDAP query syntax
>
> What you trying to do?
>
> Paul
>
> --- In ukha_d@xxxxxxx, "Paul Gordon" <paul@> wrote:
> >
> > Any LDAP "experts" here who might be able to answer a
question
for
> me
> > regarding a problem I'm having trying to construct a particular
> query
> > condition?
> >
> >
> >
> > TIA
> >
> >
> >
> > Paul G.
> >
> >
> >
> >
> >
> > [Non-text portions of this message have been removed]
> >
>
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