LDAP search commands:

 cgi
   cd ldapAuth/
   cat .htaccess

Success:
ldapsearch -h ds.tkware.com -p 389 -x -b "ou=Tkware Users,ou=Employees,dc=tkware,dc=com" -D "cn=eportal_adm_gen.gen,ou=Generics,ou=Tkware Users,dc=tkware,dc=com" -W


Failed:
ldapsearch -h ds.tkware.com -p 389 -x -b "ou=Tkware Users,ou=Employees,dc=tkware,dc=com" -D "cn=tperiasa,ou=Cisco Users,dc=tkware,dc=com" -W

ldapsearch -h ds.tkware.com -p 389 -x -b "ou=tkware Users,ou=Employees,dc=tkware,dc=com" -D "cn=tperiasa,ou=Cisco Users,dc=tkware,dc=com" -W 

Success: but no data
   ldapsearch -h ds.tkware.com -p 389 -x -b "ou=Cisco Users,ou=Employees,dc=tkware,dc=com" -D "cn=eportal_adm_gen.gen,ou=Generics,ou=Cisco Users,dc=tkware,dc=com" -W
   export LDAP_BASEDN="dc=tkware,dc=com"

Successful bind.  But no data:  -b option replaced by LDAP_BASEDN environment
   ldapsearch -h ds.tkware.com -p 389 -x  -D "cn=eportal_adm_gen.gen,ou=Generics,ou=Cisco Users,dc=tkware,dc=com" -W
   ldapsearch -h ds.tkware.com -p 389 -x  -D "cn=eportal_adm_gen.gen,ou=Generics,ou=Cisco Users,dc=tkware,dc=com" -W -s sub "(objectclass=*)" sn cn
tkware
   ldapsearch -h ds.tkware.com -p 389 -x  -D "cn=eportal_adm_gen.gen,ou=Generics,ou=Cisco Users,dc=tkware,dc=com" -W -s sub "(objectclass=*)" cn