ldap_getfirstfilter()

#include <ldap.h>
LDAPFiltInfo * ldap_getfirstfilter( LDAPFiltDesc *lfdp, 
   char *tagpat, char *value );

#include <stdio.h>

#include <ldap.h>

...

LDAP *ld;

LDAPMessage *result, *e;

BerElement *ber;

char *a, *dn;

char **vals;

int i;

LDAPFiltDesc *ldfp;

LDAPFiltInfo *ldfi;

char buf[ 80 ]; /* Contains the search criteria */

int found;

...

/* Load the filter configuration file into an LDAPFiltDesc structure */

if ( ( ldfp = ldap_init_getfilter( "myfilters.conf" ) ) == NULL ) {

   perror( "Cannot open filter configuration file" );

   return( 1 );

/* Read a string to search for */

printf( "Enter a string to search for: " );

gets( buf );

if ( strlen( buf ) == 0 ) {

   fprintf( stderr, "usage: %s search-string\n", argv[ 0 ]);

   return( 1 );

/* Select a filter to use when searching for the value in buf */

found = 0;

for ( ldfi = ldap_getfirstfilter( ldfp, "people", buf ); ldfi != NULL; ldfi = ldap_getnextfilter( ldfp ) ) {

   /* Use the selected filter to search the directory */

   if ( ldap_search_s( ld, "o=Airius.com, ldfi->lfi_scope, 
    ldfi->lfi_filter, NULL, 0, &result ) != LDAP_SUCCESS ) {

      ldap_perror( ld, "ldap_search_s" );

      return( 1 );

   } else {

      /* Once a filter gets results back, stop iterating through the different filters */

      if ( ( found = ldap_count_entries( ld, result ) > 0 ) ) {

         break;

      } else {

         ldap_msgfree( result );

if ( found == 0 ) {

   printf( "No matching entries found.\n" );

} else {

   printf( "Found %d %s match%s for \"%s\"\n\n", found, 
    ldfi->lfi_desc, found == 1 ? "" : "es", buf );

ldap_msgfree( result );

ldap_getfilter_free( ldfp );

...

lfdp	Pointer to an `LDAPFiltDesc` structure.
tagpat	Regular expression for a tag in the filter configuration.
value	Value for which to find the first appropriate filter.