ldap search is very slow

Question

I am using JNDI to connect to the LDAP active directory, and I want to search for users where the name contains the search string, so my search method is as follows:

Answer 1

Your filter:

"(&(ObjectCategory=person)(cn=*" + name + "*))"

May be an issue.

I would recommend that you download a known LDAP utility (Apache Directory Studio Browser as an example) and try different search filters until you find one that works.

To Start, try

"(&(ObjectCategory=person)(cn= + name ))"