Searching with an LDAP filter

1. Set the dn you wish to search through
1. e.g., ou=Employees,dc=mycompaniesdomain,dc=com
2. Set the filter
1. e.g., (&(objectclass=inetorgperson)(uid=myfirstname.mylastname))
1. inetorgperson is an LDAP standard "object", btw, there are a bunch of others

Btw: one can also -- quick and dirty -- dump the whole LDAP db to a ldif file, and do a text search on that.