The virtual attributes only control is a [supportedControl] that may be used to request that the server only include [Virtual Attribute] in matching entries. That is, real attributes will be excluded from [SearchResultEntry]. The virtual attributes only control has a request [OID|Definition -- Object Identifier] of "[2.16.840.1.113730.3.4.19]" and no value. The following example shows a search on the base DN without the virtual attributes only control: {{{ $ ldapsearch -p 1389 -D "cn=directory manager" -w password -b "dc=example,dc=com" \ -s base "objectclass=*" version: 1 dn: dc=example,dc=com objectClass: domain objectClass: top dc: example $ }}} The following example shows the same search with the virtual attributes only control: {{{ $ ldapsearch -p 1389 -D "cn=directory manager" -w password -J "2.16.840.1.113730.3.4.19" \ -b "dc=example,dc=com" -s base "objectclass=*" version: 1 dn: dc=example,dc=com $ }}} !! More Information There might be more information for this subject on one of the following: [{ReferringPagesPlugin before='*' after='\n' }]