> Maybe I am understanding this wrong but could you not just check in > the config what the search base is set to on the client side? What is > the problem you are trying to solve? > yes, you're right. i can just take a look at ldap.conf but there's several places to look: - debian/ubuntu uses /etc/ldap/ldap.conf - RHEL/CentOS uses /etc/openldap/ldap.conf - custom compilations can use any path. ex: /usr/local/ldap/ldap.conf - windows openldap uses... i don't really know :P so what im trying to do is resolving configured base without knowing anything about the client. for example, this command gives me the server even if i dont know anything about the conf: ldapsearch -d1 -x -LLL "(uid=example)" uid 2>&1 | grep ldap_connect_to_host im just a little bit surprised that i can't find any debuglevel that gives me the BASE abosch -- 389 users mailing list 389-users@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx https://admin.fedoraproject.org/mailman/listinfo/389-users