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-x -> simple authentication

-LLL -> supresses printing of version number and comments

-b -> base DN

ldap -x -LLL -b “C=DE” “(serialNumber=*)” -H ldap://server.example

example search that only returns the specified attributes

ldap -x -LLL -H ldap://ldap.example.com -b “dc=example,dc=com” “(mail=*)” cn mail uid ´´´

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