Hi Monks,

I am performing search on AD server and retrieving data from the Directory. I have CSV file with values and I am using the fifth field ($data) as search string for Net::Ldap and storing sAMAccountName in $uid.

Now when the AD attribute has a trailing whitespace in the extensionAttribute1 value the search fails. If i add a trailing whitespace in search string (i.e $data) the search succeeds. here is the code fragment 

  my @fields = split "," , $line;
  my $data = $fields[5];
  my $uid;

  my $filter = "(extensionAttribute1=$data)";
  my $result = $ldap->search ( base => 'DC=Infoedge,DC=com',
                        filter => $filter,
                              );
  foreach my $entry ($result->entries){ 
  $uid=$entry->get_value('sAMAccountName');
  }

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How can I ask Net::Ldap to search for value even if a trailing whitespace is present in AD attribute extensionAttribute1.

In reply to Net::LDAP search attribute with whitespace in AD by Hemant1612

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