!!! Overview

The real attributes only control is a [SupportedControl] that may be used to request that the server only include real attributes in matching entries.  That is, [Virtual Attribute] will be excluded from [search result entries|SearchResultEntry].

The real attributes only control has a request [OID|Definition -- Object Identifier] of "[2.16.840.1.113730.3.4.17]" and no value.

In the following search, the {{numsubordinates}} virtual attribute is requested and returned:

{{{
$ ldapsearch -D "cn=directory manager" -w password -b "ou=people,dc=example,dc=com" -s base "objectclass=*" numsubordinates
version: 1
dn: ou=People,dc=example,dc=com
numSubordinates: 50
$
}}}
In the following search, the {{numsubordinates}} virtual attribute is requested but is not returned because the real attributes only control is used:
{{{
$ ldapsearch -D "cn=directory manager" -w password -J "2.16.840.1.113730.3.4.17" -b "ou=people,dc=example,dc=com" -s base "objectclass=*" numsubordinates
version: 1
dn: ou=People,dc=example,dc=com
$
}}}!! More Information
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