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Ldapsearch using variable will not work

When I execute the code below with cn set to the $adgroup variable, I get the following error:

Code:

Invalid DN syntax (34)
Additional information: 0000208F: NameErr: DSID-031001F7, problem 2006 (BAD_NAME), data 8349, best match of:
,ou=Resource,ou=groups,dc=abc,dc=somecompany,dc=com'

If I set cn equal to the group instead of using a variable, the code works perfectly fine.

What am I missing in regard to ldapsearch and variables that is causing this error?

Code:

#!/bin/bash
 #reads Groups.txt file and runs a new ldapsearch for group
while read -r adgroup; do
        echo $adgroup
        #ldapsearch connects to ldap, returns and formats member info, and writes to input.txt file
        ldapsearch -x -LLL -E pr=200/noprompt -o ldif-wrap=no -h abc-loc.somecompany.com \
        -D "account@somecompany.com" -w password -b "cn=$adgroup,ou=Resource,ou=groups,dc=abc,dc=somecompany,dc=com" \
         | grep member | sed 's/\\/\\\\/g' > /userid/bin/input.txt
         #reads input.txt file and runs a new ldapsearch for each member entry
        while IFS=":" read -r member info; do
                 #echo $info
                 ldapsearch -x -LLL -E pr=200/noprompt -h abc-loc.somecompany.com \
                -D "account@somecompany.com" -w password -b "ou=End Users,ou=Accounts,dc=abc,dc=somecompany,dc=com" \
                -s sub "distinguishedName=$info" displayName saMAccountName telephoneNumber mail department departmentNumber \
                extensionAttribute1 l st co userAccountControl |
                 #display output string in correct format
                awk -F: '
                NR == 1 {n = split (FLDS, T)
                        }
                        {OUT[$1] = substr ($2, 2)
                        }
                END     {for (i=1; i<=n; i++)   {printf "%s%s", ODL, OUT[T[i]]
                                 ODL = "|"
                                }
                         printf RS
                        }
                ' FLDS="displayName:sAMAccountName:telephoneNumber:mail:extensionAttribute1:department:departmentNumber:l:st:co:userAccountControl"
         #Define input filepath
        done < /userid/bin/input.txt
 #Define Group filepath
done < /userid/bin/GroupsTest1.txt

Last edited by rbatte1; 10-18-2016 at 06:07 AM.. Reason: Added CODE tags for output/errors

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paps

PAPS(1) 						      General Commands Manual							   PAPS(1)

NAME

       paps - UTF-8 to PostScript converter using Pango

SYNOPSIS

       paps [options] files...

DESCRIPTION

       paps reads a UTF-8 encoded file and generates a PostScript language rendering of the file. The rendering is done by creating outline curves
       through the pango ft2 backend.

OPTIONS

       These programs follow the usual GNU command line syntax, with long options starting with  two  dashes  (`-').   A  summary  of  options	is
       included below.

       --landscape
	      Landscape output. Default is portrait.

       --columns=cl
	      Number of columns output. Default is 1.
	      Please notice this option isn't related to the terminal length as in a "80 culums terminal".

       --font=desc
	      Set the font description. Default is Monospace 12.

       --rtl  Do right to left (RTL) layout.

       --paper ps
	      Choose paper size. Known paper sizes are legal, letter and A4. Default is A4.

       Postscript points
	      Each postscript point equals to 1/72 of an inch. 36 points are 1/2 of an inch.

       --bottom-margin=bm
	      Set bottom margin. Default is 36 postscript points.

       --top-margin=tm
	      Set top margin. Default is 36 postscript points.

       --left-margin=lm
	      Set left margin. Default is 36 postscript points.

       --right-margin=rm
	      Set right margin. Default is 36 postscript points.

       --gutter-width=gw
	      Set gutter width. Default is 40 postscript points.

       --help Show summary of options.

       --header
	      Draw page header for each page.

       --markup
	      Interpret the text as pango markup.

       --lpi  Set the lines per inch. This determines the line spacing.

       --cpi  Set the characters per inch. This is an alternative method of specifying the font size.

       --stretch-chars
	      Indicates  that  characters  should be stretched in the y-direction to fill up their vertical space. This is similar to the texttops
	      behaviour.

AUTHOR

       paps was written by Dov Grobgeld <dov.grobgeld@gmail.com>.

       This manual page was written by Lior Kaplan <kaplan@debian.org>, for the Debian project (but may be used by others).

								  April  17, 2006							   PAPS(1)

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