[Samba] ldap search with DN which contains space

[Rowland Penny]

On Sun, 6 Nov 2016 09:55:16 +0100
Marc Muehlfeld via samba <samba at lists.samba.org> wrote:

> Hi Felipe Gonzalez,
> 
> Am 06.11.2016 um 04:37 schrieb Felipe_G0NZÁLEZ_SANTIAG0 via samba:
> > Hello, I am trying to get all the members of a given group. 
> > I run this command: 
> > #ldbsearch -H /var/lib/samba/private/sam.ldb
> > memberOf=CN=Administrators,CN=Builtin,DC=ejemplo,DC=cu And it works
> > fine. 
> > 
> > BUT: problems arise when the group name contains spaces, e.g
> > 'Domain Controllers' Then, I run: 
> > #ldbsearch -H /var/lib/samba/private/sam.ldb memberOf=CN=Domain
> > Controllers,CN=Users,DC=ejemplo,DC=cu And this return no records. 
> > Even using 'DN' or "DN" the < no records> behaviour persists. 
> > 
> > So, How can I get the members of a group which contains spaces in
> > its name by using ldbsearch? Or other alternative? 
> 
> 
> Put the filter in single quotes, if it contains spaces. For example:
> # ldbsearch -H /usr/local/samba/private/sam.ldb 'memberOf=CN=Domain
> Admins,CN=Users,DC=samdom,DC=example,DC=com'
> 
> 
> Regards,
> Marc
> 

Or you can escape the space:

ldbsearch -H /usr/local/samba/private/sam.ldb memberOf=CN=Domain\
Admins,CN=Users,DC=samdom,DC=example,DC=com

Rowland