# ldapsearch bash script help

**URL:** <https://community.unix.com/t/ldapsearch-bash-script-help/275537>\
**Category:** Red Hat\
**Created:** [October 19, 2010, 2:09am UTC](https://community.unix.com/t/ldapsearch-bash-script-help/275537 "2010-10-19T02:09:35Z")\
**Posts on this page:** 2\
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**Author:** ![theboogymaster](https://community.unix.com/user_avatar/community.unix.com/theboogymaster/32/1625_2.png) [@theboogymaster](https://community.unix.com/u/theboogymaster)\
**Post date:** [October 19, 2010, 2:09am UTC](https://community.unix.com/t/ldapsearch-bash-script-help/275537/1 "2010-10-19T02:09:35Z")

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Hi there everyone. I'm trying to make a bash script that accepts some arguments ans give's back some info about LDAP users and servers.

I have this function :

```nohighlight
has_group_access(){

result=$(ldapsearch -LLL "cn=${GROUP_NAME}" cn member | cut -d"," -f1 | cut -d":" -f2 | cut -d"=" -f2 | grep -v ${GROUP_NAME} | grep -v ${dummy})

          for item in $result
          do
                  if ["$item" == $(hostname)];then
                          echo "Le groupe:[${GROUP_NAME}] a l'acces sur la machine:[$(hostname)]"
                          echo "\n"
                 else
                         echo "Le group : [${GROUP_NAME}] n'as pas acces sur cette machine"
                  fi
          done
          #echo ${result}
          exit 0
 }

```

What I want is to search in the return value if the hostname (the actual server that executes the script) is in the list.  
And if it is it means that the group can access this machine.

How can I do that ?  
Thank you for your help.  
This is rely important for my job.

---------- Post updated 10-19-10 at 08:09 AM ---------- Previous update was 10-18-10 at 04:06 PM ----------

And how can I query the LDAP server for all the users to see the hosts that they have access to, and after parse this info to show all the users that have access to the running system that will execute the script ?

Thank you for your help

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**Author:** ![zaxxon](https://community.unix.com/user_avatar/community.unix.com/zaxxon/32/660_2.png) [@zaxxon](https://community.unix.com/u/zaxxon)\
**Post date:** [October 19, 2010, 2:28am UTC](https://community.unix.com/t/ldapsearch-bash-script-help/275537/2 "2010-10-19T02:28:35Z")

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