Alternate LDAP

If you are still thinking about what method to choose in order to perform a search on an LDAP server, you are in luck since a software utility such as Alternate LDAP offers to help you with that.

The LDAP client can search for anything ranging from phone numbers and email addresses to initials, members, titles, serial numbers, house identifier, postal code, protocol information, and whatnot. You simply need to select your search and result attributes from two different drop-down menus.

But before that, you obviously need to indicate the LDAP server as well as its IP address in order to connect to in order to get access to all the aforementioned details. Optionally, changing its port is possible in case the default does not suit your needs. As for the distinguished name field, it refers to the search base you want to resort to.

The next step you need to take is come up with a search string, then take a look at the results the program prompts you with.

You may also want to know that exporting the results to a CSV file is possible, and saving all your settings to a profile is meant to ensure you don’t spend time repeating tasks.