Q&A: How to use Samba/AD Controls to work with notifications

Question

How to get notifications from Samba/AD when objects or attributes are changed using Controls?

Answer

The basic control to receive changes in the directory is LDAP_SERVER_NOTIFICATION_OID or 1.2.840.113556.1.4.528. (https://ldapwiki.com/wiki/LDAP_SERVER_NOTIFICATION_OID)

To use this control the command line call looks like

univention-s4search --controls=local_oid:1.2.840.113556.1.4.528:0

Now every change will be printed in ldif format as you’re used to.

OID Listing

A listing of these Controls and related OIDs can be found at LDAP Extensions and Controls Listing (LDAP WiKi)

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